Blogger Power Appeals to Web 2.0

A friend made me aware of a new website that is addressing the problem of young children being exposed to pornography and other adult content on the Web. The site titled: "Blogger Power: Safeguard the Web for Children", is designed to utilize the power of Web 2.0 to correct a big problem. Blogger Power attempts to utilize the power of Web 2.0 in an effort to galvanize the overall community and in seeking support from bloggers, one of the most influential aspects of the Web.

The site is not really about a campaign against pornography or any other form of free speech, but it is a call for safeguards to protect children from adult content. Blogger Power requests that all adult content be password protected so that children will not be exposed inadvertently. The site developers have drafted an open letter to bloggers around the world, requesting "reasonable" safeguards to be set in place by the adult pornography industry.

As adults we are free to view anything we want without fear of censorship, but then children are too. The letter points out what is obvious – popularity and proliferation of adult content on the Web. There is no need for me to go into that here, but I think it is important that we all recognize these problems and address them in a responsible way.

Blogger Power requests consideration from all bloggers to the extent they are prepared to help. Bloggers can choose to add a common sense statement on their blogs, make comments in Blogger Power's comments section, write about the issue or place the Blogger Power logo on their blog sites. Artists are encouraged to render artwork in support of BP, and many have contributed logos and other works for the project. People who do not have blogs are encouraged to submit comments and express their feelings about this issue.

I have said it many times, I am all for anything that helps children, from computers to community and everything in between. Personally, I do not think losing free peep shows will destroy the rights of the adult content industry. Of course there are other issues to be considered as always, but a show of support for an idea so well intended does not seem like a lot to me.

Web 2.0 means empowering people and community to me. Hopefully this site's appeal to Web 2.0 will not go unanswered and perhaps one more little thing can be accomplished to help the world a little bit. Jon Harmon makes a great case for Blooger Power in a post on his blog Force for Good for those of you who would like to read more.   

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