Bloggers vs. Porn

An effort to harness the collective force of the Blogosphere to make it harder for children to access porn. NB: they aren’t calling for the banning of pornography.

The threat to mobilize politicians if adult webmasters don’t comply seems dubious. There’s already hefty political power in opposition against porn. At least here in America.

So we call out the bloggers and everyone else out there who cares enough to help us deliver this special appeal to porn webmasters. It might seem like a little step, but it’s not.

A password-protected login prevents small kids from having direct access to extreme pornographic images. It will not stop older kids from actually making accounts to the porn sites, but until the children reach the “let me make an account” age, we’ll have enough time (or should have enough time) to educate them.

An Open Letter to Bloggers Around the World: Help Make the Web Safer for Children

My guess is that few - any? - adult webmasters will go for this because they fear of the impact on revenue. (Most porn sites are just affiliate marketers, not porn producers.)

That one of the prinicipals works for something with a name like “Force for Good” gives me a bit of the willies.