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Online porn today is so common that it comprises an immense amount of all the
internet content. It's so easy to access and distribute online porn using the
internet, especially today with broadband connections and sites with large storage
that the web has become a virtual paradise for both webmasters and porn viewers.
In the beginning, online porn was restricted to videos and pictures. Today, live
webcams, and interactive sex games are just few examples of how versatile the
online porn became. Anonymity is also a very important factor that makes online porn so popular. The viewer doesn't need to feel exposed having to go to video
store to rent some pornographic material for example.
Similarly, in the beginning most of the pornographic content available on the
internet was free, websites being maintained in a more fan-like status. Today,
almost 90% of the online porn content comes from commercial websites, generating
over $12 Billion annually. Every kind of fetish has at least a dozen of specific
websites. If someone doesn't find the exact thing he's looking for, it's also
easy to start his own website, aiming to a very specific audience.
Besides erotic websites, the only way to find free online porn is recurring
to p2p softwares such as Kazaa or eMule. In such softwares, users are allowed
to download online porn from other users, commuting every kind of material.
More than just facilitating the distribution of erotic material, this also raises
important issues. The possibility of distributing every kind of material also
allows the distribution of things such as rape videos or material including
child pornography and pedophilia. It is very difficult to control the free distribution
of this online porn material due to the anonymity in the internet.
It's also easy for children to access every kind of pornography, even unintentionally,
clicking on a banner or emails offering online porn. Filters and blockers are
essential tool for parents today.
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