The White House is convening groups representing parents, educators, librarians and industry executives to discuss other ways of stopping pornographic material from reaching children using the Internet. President Clinton pushed for the V-chip that will soon be added to all TV sets to allow certain programs to be blocked. The Internet, however, doesn't yet offer similar solutions, even though Clinton says some kind of technology ought to be available to keep children from ending up "in the red-light districts of cyberspace."

Federal laws prohibit pornography on the Internet, and some experts believe more aggressive monitoring by the federal govern- ment will now be necessary. The industry is also working on ways to control access to pornography, but a teenager with a credit card has almost universal access to the most objectionable material and chat rooms.

In the meantime, the New York Times suggested some "just-click-no" measures that parents could take, including:

• Sit with children while they are on the Internet
• Install blocking software
• Use on-line services, all of which offer parental control options at no extra cost.
  
  

  
  
  

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