Solveig Bernstein

In the following viewpoint, Solveig Bernstein contends that parents who are concerned about their children viewing pornography on the Internet can install filtering software on their home computers. Filtering software blocks out websites that contain pornography and can prevent children from performing searches that might locate unrated sites. Bernstein argues that laws regulating pornography on the Internet assume responsibility for protecting children—a responsibility that rightly belongs to parents. Solveig Bernstein is assistant director of telecommunications and technology studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian public policy research foundation.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. In addition to using filtering software, what other solutions does Bernstein suggest to limit what children see on the Internet?
2. According to Bernstein, what is the difference between software that takes an &ldquo...