[CTRL] PORN INDUSTRY'S NEW ASSAULT ON FAMILY

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'Porn To Go' Available Through New Technology
By Jason Collum
August 27, 2001
(AgapePress) - The pornography industry has launched a new assault on the
family with software that makes hard-core images available virtually anywhere.
The Los Angeles Times reported that dozens of small Internet firms are
experimenting with and reaching out to the wireless market with software that
allows users to access hard-core images and videos on their handheld
computers or personal digital assistants. The software is being promoted to
users of such popular PDAs as Palm Pilot and Compaq's iPaq.
One such company proudly proclaims on the front page of its website, "We just
made the morning commute a little easier." The company, boasting "Adult
Entertainment. Anywhere, Anytime," portrays a man in a business suit staring
at his handheld computer while riding what appears to be a public
transportation bus. A woman, apparently unaware, is standing in the
background.
Companies are also developing technologies to allow cell-phone users to
download pornography on those devices. The result is that pornography is
going places it has never been before: restaurants, subways, airport lounges,
sporting events, traffic jams, and waiting rooms of all types.
"Pornography is spreading its tentacles through society," says Patrick
Trueman, legal counsel in Washington, D.C., for the American Family
Association. "Now you can access it with a device that fits in your pocket.
This is just adding more fuel to the fire."

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