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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 66
Author: Waldron (R), et al.
Amended: 7/1/13 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 7/1/13
SUBJECT : Internet Crimes Against Children Awareness Month
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates October 2013 as Internet
Crimes Against Children Awareness Month and states that the
Legislature supports increased funding for the Internet Crimes
Against Children task forces, online communications systems, or
computer technology to help detect the sexual exploitation of
children.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.Computers and the Internet have become prevalent in California
homes, schools, and libraries; and, in 2010, 85% of children
three to 17 years of age had access to a computer at home, and
almost 57% used the Internet at home.
2.Children and adolescents commonly use computers for playing
games, completing school assignments, word processing, e-mail,
and connecting to the Internet; and, while the Internet has
helped to make education, entertainment, and socialization
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more accessible for youth, it has also made child
victimization easier for predators.
3.Predators contact children over the Internet and victimize
them by enticing them through online contact for the purpose
of engaging them in sexual acts, using the Internet to
produce, manufacture, and distribute child pornography for
commercial gain or personal gratification.
4.In 2009, task forces participating in the federal Internet
Crimes Against Children Task Force Program reported nearly
28,000 complaints, including child pornography, enticement or
obscenity directed to minors, and child prostitution resulting
in more than 13,000 investigations.
5.Parents, school officials, law enforcement officers, and other
adults can prevent Internet crimes against children by taking
various measures, including keeping computers in open areas,
monitoring the amount of time a child spends online, and
educating children about the dangers of Internet crimes.
This resolution designates October 2013 as Internet Crimes
Against Children Awareness Month and states that the Legislature
supports increased funding for the Internet Crimes Against
Children task forces, online communications systems, or computer
technology to help detect the sexual exploitation of children.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
JG:nl 7/3/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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