Pornography

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Examples
Beware of family filters as children researching their religion could be stumped [or blocked]. Some filters associate the word "virgin" with pornography and therefore block many references to the mother of Jesus. On the other hand, using a search engine to look for the Vatican could lead you to www.Vatican.com, which is a pornographic site and worlds away from the Vatican's official site at www.Vatican.va.
(Source: The Times; London (UK); Sep 9, 2000).

One of the major problems here is how to galvanise [take sudden] action against criminals such as Fuller. The existence of paedophiles [people who are sexually attracted to young children] and the increase in child pornography are topics which the vast majority of people abhor.
Source: The Scotsman; Edinburgh (UK); Sep 8, 2000)

The success of the Internet in the U.S. suggests that there is much Asia and Asians can learn from U.S. laws and policies. In some cases, Asian countries may want to adopt wholesale the best laws that do translate across culture. For example, laws against child pornography over the Internet need to be strengthened in Asian countries. (Source: Asian Wall Street Journal; New York, N.Y.; Sep 7, 2000).

Synonym (a word with a similar meaning): Pornography: sex
Collocation (words usually used together)
adjective noun
Explicit
Hard-core
Soft		 pornography


Word formation
noun Adjective
pornography pornographic


Consolidating meaning It is not uncommon to see various newspapers featuring pornography, and children reading such newspapers may get wrong information about sex. Are there any effective ways to solve this problem?

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Synonym of Pornography: sex
Beware of family filters as children researching their religion could be stumped [or blocked]. Some filters associate the word "virgin" with and therefore block many references to the mother of Jesus. On the other hand, using a search engine to look for the Vatican could lead you to www.Vatican.com, which is a pornographic site and worlds away from the Vatican's official site at www.Vatican.va. (Source: The Times; London (UK); Sep 9, 2000).

One of the major problems here is how to galvanise [take sudden] action against criminals such as Fuller. The existence of paedophiles [people who are sexually attracted to young children] and the increase in child are topics which the vast majority of people abhor.
(Source: The Scotsman; Edinburgh (UK); Sep 8, 2000)

The success of the Internet in the U.S. suggests that there is much Asia and Asians can learn from U.S. laws and policies. In some cases, Asian countries may want to adopt wholesale the best laws that do translate across culture. For example, laws against child over the Internet need to be strengthened in Asian countries.
(Source: Asian Wall Street Journal; New York, N.Y.; Sep 7, 2000).