The COPA Commission
This congressionally appointed panel, was mandated by the Child Online Protection Act, which was approved by Congress in October 1998. The primary purpose of the Commission is to "identify technological or other methods that will help reduce access by minors to material that is harmful to minors on the Internet. In an effort to put parents in the catbird seat, the Federal Trade Commission has established new rules for website operators to make sure that kids' privacy is protected while they're online. These rules are part of the 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/

President Bush Signs Child Internet Safety Legislation
In December of 2002 President Bush signed legislation that will create a new place on the Internet that is safe for our children to learn and to play and to explore.

Youth, Pornography and the Internet
The Internet is both a source of promise for our children and a source of concern. The promise is of Internet-based access to the information age—and the concern is over the possibility that harm might befall our children as they use the Internet. Realizing the promise in all its richness requires that adults put these concerns into perspective and also take responsible steps to address them. The purpose of this report is to help put the risks of Internet use by children into perspective and to provide a balanced assessment of different approaches that can help parents and other responsible adults to deal constructively with the risks that children face on the Internet, using as its primary illustrative example protecting kids from inappropriate sexually explicit material on the Internet.