Product Placement – full color ads – hot links
Normalization of Pornography Use
Normalization of Sex Work
Links to Escort Services and Adult Chat sites
�Why is there Pornography in K12 School “Research Databases”?
COLORADO
Understanding Databases
Loopholes in Obscenity Laws for Minors
Federal Law
The distribution of obscene and harmful material to minors violates numerous state and federal statutes designed to protect children. Relevant federal statutes include:
18 U.S.C. § 1470, prohibits the knowing interstate transfer of obscene material to a minor under 16 years of age.
18 U.S.C. § 2252C, prohibits the knowing embedment of words or digital images into the source code of a website with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing harmful or obscene materials.
47 U.S.C. § 254, (h) Children’s Internet Protection Act (“CIPA”) requires schools to have a policy of internet safety to protect against access of visual depictions that are obscene, pornographic or harmful to minors in order to receive certain federal funding.
18 U.S.C. § 1961-1968, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”) Act, defines “racketeering activity” to include “dealing in obscene matter”
47 U.S.C. Section 254
Requires schools and libraries to have an Internet safety policy that includes technology protection measures that requires:
(a) obscene
(b) child pornography, or
(c) harmful to minors
Schools and libraries are required to certify that they have their safety policies and technology in place before receiving E-rate funding.
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY
Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
THE 100 BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION:��� �…how do we get the Porn Industry out of our schools?
“…we have undertaken changes creating algorithms to identify and eliminate clearly objectionable articles …”
“THIS SEEMS TO BE RAISING RED FLAGS ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING…”
“… we are increasing the level of scrutiny around how content is selected for databases and specifically those designed for use in K‐12 schools…”
“We take the need to provide age‐appropriate content seriously and appreciate the families and groups that have brought these issues to light relative to EBSCO, ProQuest and Cengage content available in school libraries…”
From EBSCO:
Obtained through Freedom of Information:
Excerpt of letter to GALE from Colorado School administrator complaining about “questionable educational value” for school children…
Several large school districts in Colorado discontinued
EBSCO – but they replaced it with GALE and ProQuest…
2018 - Lawsuit
2019 - CENGAGE GALE Company admits in writing that it provided a database with “inappropriate” content to a K-12 school…
As of Jan/2021, the database is still advertised on GALE’s website for elementary, middle and high school
THE PORN INDUSTRY: BRILLIANT MARKETING STRATEGIES
WHAT CAN WE DO??
THE IRONY OF SCHOOL SUPPLIED PORNOGRAPHY
Funding: State
Many states purchase and package Databases through a cost share model to public schools:
Public Libraries: Targeting Minors with Obscenity
Watch Out Homeschoolers!
Funding: Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Legislative Solutions
For more information and resources:
www.PornographyIsNotEducation.org