Speak Up Project

You think you have a hold on your kids access to porn, but you probably don’t. You think that the problem isn’t that big, but it is. Read the stats.

Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography - 11 years.
Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004.

Largest Consumer of Internet Pornography - 12-17 years.
Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004.

15-17 year-olds having multiple hardcore exposures - 80%.
Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004.

8-16 year-olds having viewed porn online - 90% (most while doing homework).
Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004.

7-17 year-olds who would freely give out home address - 29%.
Internet Pornography Statistics. Internet Filter Review, 2004.

7-17 year-olds who would freely give out email address - 14%
Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004.

“82 percent of adult Americans surveyed in March 2004 said that the Federal laws against Internet obscenity should be vigorously enforced.”
Americans STILL want federal obscenity laws enforced!  The Morality in Media Newsletter, June, 2004.

In 2004, there were 372 million pornographic Web pages, 2.5 billion emails (8% of total emails), 100 thousand Web sites offering illegal child pornography, and 72 million annual worldwide visitors to pornographic websites
Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004.

One in 17 children ages 10-17 were threatened or harassed over the Internet in 2000
Report Statistical Highlights.  National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Crimes Against Children, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000.

Child pornography generates $3 billion annually
Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004.

“More pointedly, according to a poll conducted by UK-based charity the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), over 50 percent of the 2,053 polled children engaged in active Internet surfing revealed they had suffered an “unwanted experience” such as exposure to violent or pornographic material, cyber-bullying, and even sexual grooming.”
Survey Reveals Internet Dangers for Children. Monsters and Critics, 2007

There’s more if you need it.