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A M I L Y R E S O U R C E S
Pornography
Resources in Cyberspace
Help for Victims of Pornography
• Victims
of Pornography
• National
Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families
- help for victims of pornography
• Harvest
USA, a "faith-operated ministry" that brings
"the clarity of God's Word to bear on the issue of...
sexual addictions."
• Christians for Sexual Integrity Christian
Alliance for Sexual Recovery
• Esther
Ministries (for spouses of porn addicts)
• Pure
Life Ministries
• Sexaholics
Anonymous
Please
note: Morality in Media is in no position to determine
what organization, professional, clergy, or treatment is best
for each individual.
M O V I E R E V I E W
S
Note: Movie reviews, even from a religious
perspective, vary in terms of what is deemed acceptable and
unacceptable. You must choose those that are compatible with
your own values.
• Dr.
Ted Baehr's Movieguide
• The
Movie Reporter from Phil Boatwright
• ChildCare Action
Project from Thomas Carder
• FamilyStyle
Movie Guide
• Preview
Family Movie & TV Review Online
• Focus on the Family Film
Reviews, TV
Reviews, and Music
Reviews
I N T E R N E T S E R
V I C E P R O V I D E R S
(ISPs) that screen pornography
Note: No ISP can guarantee that you or your
children will never be exposed to any Internet content that
is offensive or harmful. Inclusion in the list below does
not mean that Morality in Media endorses or guarantees a particular
ISP.
• CharacterLink
• Christian
Living Network
• CleanSurf
• CleanWeb
• ClearSail
• Covenant
Promotions
• Family
Connect
• FreedomISP
• Hedge
Builders
• Integrity
Online
• PAXway.com
• ASP
Street. Rated G Online
• World
Christian Online, Inc.
• PureNet
Internet Service Provider (based in Kansas)
• Exodus
Technologies (Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington,
California, Tennessee, Texas, Michigan, Florida, Georgia,
Massachusetts)
A D D I T I O N A L R
E S O U R C E
FilterReview.com
is a new resource provided by the National Coalition to Protect
Children and Families. It says its aim is "to help you
find the Internet safety solution that will best suit your
needs." NCPCF "is encouraged by the function that
the companies represented perform, but we are reluctant to
endorse one solution in particular. Our hope is that by providing
you with all the information, you will be able to make the
most appropriate decision for your application."
S U G G E S T I O N S
for Families Who Are Choosing a Server-Based
Filter
Our friends at Focus on the Family say that you should examine
potential filtered services by looking for a few specific
things:
1. Examine the price. Many ISPs provide server
filtering as a value-added service and therefore offer it
for free, or at least at a very affordable price.
2. Test the speed. ISPs that filter their
service through a proxy may run a little slower, but some
companies have worked to speed up the process.
3. Examine the filtering focus. Each company
has a philosophy for filtering. Some have tight filters and
others have loose filters. Some companies are even reluctant
to share their filtering philosophy.
4. Find out if the service is customizable
Some companies will take a "one size fits all" approach
and give the same filtered service to all of their customers.
You may want to be able to block more than the company blocks
or may want to override some of the sites that are blocked
by mistake. Ask if your service can be customized.
5. Find out if the service blocks or monitors
additional features such as e-mail, chat rooms, or newsgroups.
Some server-based filters only monitor the Web and overlook
other dangerous areas of the Internet.
6. Find out if you can report additional
bad sites. Many filtered services "deputize" their
customers and encourage them to report questionable sites
in order to build their list of blocked sites.
From "Suggestions We Give Families Who Are Choosing a
Server-Based Filter" by Steve Watters for Citizen Link
webzine located at http://www.family.org.
Copyright © 1998 by Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs,
CO 80995. All rights reserved. International copyright secured.
Used by permission.
S O F T W A R E P R O
D U C T S
that
screen pornography
NOTE: No screening technology can guarantee
that you or your children will never be exposed to any Internet
content that is offensive or harmful. Inclusion in the list
below does not mean that Morality in Media endorses or guarantees
a particular screening product.
• X-Stop
Internet Filtering Software
• BrowseSafe,
a PC-based filtering software
• ChildWatch
Internet filtering software
• American
Family Filter from the American Family Association
O R G A N I Z A T I O N S
Note: Inclusion of an organization in the
list below does not mean that Morality in Media agrees with
or endorses all of the concerns, focuses, methods, proposals,
approaches, assertions, beliefs, etc., promoted by the organization.
1. Pro-Decency Organizations (National Focus)
• American
Family Association
• Family
Research Council
• Enough
is Enough
• Concerned
Women for America
• National
Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families
• American
Center for Law and Justice
• Focus
on the Family
• American
Decency Association
• The
Christian Family Network
• His
Net Christian Directory
2. Pro-Decency Organizations (State or Local
Focus)
• Obligation
(Alabama)
• Center
for Arizona Policy
• Citizens
for Community Values (Illinois)
• Pro-Family
Network (Massachusetts)
• Minnesota
Family Council
• Nebraska
Family Policy Council
• New
York Family Research Foundation
• Citizens
for Community Values (Cincinnati, Ohio)
• Oklahomans
for Children and Families
• Pittsburgh
Coalition Against Pornography
• Pennsylvania
Family Institute
• Stop
AT&T Porn (Utah, but good info for other places, too)
3.
Pro-Decency Organizations (Internet Focus)
• The
Agincourt Project from our friends at Oklahomans
for Children and Families
• Family
Friendly Libraries
• Mothers
of America
• Responsible
Speech Campaign
• Safekids
• Safety
Search
• Safety
in the Information Age
4.
Religious organizations with concern about morality
• Net
153.com, a Christian online magazine.
5.
Miscellaneous Organizations
• Christian
Coalition
• Promise
Keepers
• Priority
2
• Sexual
Abuse Services and Support Year-Round, Inc.
• New
Life Ministry
• Media
Research Council; two of its projects are:
Parents' Television Council, and the
Conservative News Service
• Center
for Reclaiming America, a project of
Coral Ridge Ministries
• American
Life League
• Eagle
Forum
• Timothy
Plan, a "morally responsible mutual fund."
• Respect
Incorporated, sexual abstinence education information
• Help Put Sex
Offenders Behind Bars, a victims' advocacy group
• Web site of the Dr.
Laura Schlessinger radio program.
• Web site of the Michael
Medved radio program
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