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'''Enough Is Enough''' is an American [[non-profit organization]] whose stated purpose is to make [[the Internet]] safer for families and children. It carries out lobbying efforts in [[Washington, D.C.]], and played a role in the passage of the [[Communications Decency Act of 1996]], the [[Child Online Protection Act of 1998]], and the [[Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000]]. The group is based in the [[Commonwealth of Virginia]].<ref name="spt020399"/> They sometimes refer to themselves acronymically as '''EIE'''. |
'''Enough Is Enough''' is an American [[non-profit organization]] whose stated purpose is to make [[the Internet]] safer for families and children. It carries out lobbying efforts in [[Washington, D.C.]], and played a role in the passage of the [[Communications Decency Act of 1996]], the [[Child Online Protection Act of 1998]], and the [[Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000]]. The group is based in the [[Commonwealth of Virginia]].<ref name="spt020399"/> They sometimes refer to themselves acronymically as '''EIE'''. |
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| Founded | 1992 |
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| Founder | Dee Jepsen and Sarah Blanken |
| Focus | Protecting children and families against Internet pornography |
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| Method | Public Awareness, Education and Advocacy Programs and Campaigns |
Key people | Donna Rice Hughes, President & Chair |
| Website | http://www.enough.org/ |
Enough Is Enough is an American non-profit organization whose stated purpose is to make the Internet safer for families and children. It carries out lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C., and played a role in the passage of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, the Child Online Protection Act of 1998, and the Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000. The group is based in the Commonwealth of Virginia.[1] They sometimes refer to themselves acronymically as EIE.
Founding and staff
Enough Is Enough was founded in 1992 as part of the U.S. anti-pornography movement, but shifted its focus in 1994 to confront online pornography, child pornography, child stalking, and sexual predation.[2][3]
The organization's co-founder and first president was Dee Jepsen, wife of former U.S. Senator from Iowa Roger Jepsen.[4] Other co-founders were Sarah Blanken and Monique Nelson.[5] Its president and chair since 2002 has been Donna Rice Hughes, who first joined the group in 1994 and was vice president of marketing and public relations.[3][6] As Donna Rice, she had received considerable attention as the "other woman" in the Gary Hart Monkey Business affair during the previous decade.[4][7] In her new role as an activist, she neither hid nor promoted her former fame,[4] but the activity helped her overcome her sexually stigmatized past.[8] Future Delaware political candidate Christine O'Donnell worked for the group for a while starting in 1993.[9]
Activities
By 1995, Enough Is Enough was engaging in community-level actions to get across their view of the effects of pornography upon society, such as raiding magazine stands, protesting against adult businesses, and speaking on radio and television talk shows.[5]
The group effectively lobbied the U.S. Congress to include restrictions against online obscenity in the Communications Decency Act of 1996.[2][4] This included showing U.S. Senators graphic images from the Internet of bondage, bestiality and pedophilia that were available to all users of all ages.[7] Opposition to the bill came strongly from the ACLU. Senator James Exon of Nebraska, co-sponsor of the measure, credited Jepsen and Hughes with helping to find common ground between Christian conservatives and pro-business Republicans on the issue,[4] groups that had been feuding.[7] Hughes emphasized that "We want to do everything we can to protect children against pornography. But we want a bill that will be constitutional and will be effective."[7] The group's connections in Washington helped that coalition succeed in passing the legislation,[10] and Jepsen and Hughes became recognized as influential lobbyists.[7]
The group filed a legal brief in the 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union in favor of upholding that law;[11] the Court instead ruled large parts of it unconstitutional.[8] By 1998, Hughes had become a nationally recognized campaigner against online pornography.[8] Steve Case, CEO of America Online, called her "a key voice in the debate over how we best build this new medium and make it a safe place for families," and she won personal praise from legislative opponents such as U.S. Representative Christopher Cox and compliments from pornography advocate Larry Flynt.[8]
The group lobbied for the Child Online Protection Act of 1998, intended to replace those parts of the previous act deemed unconstitutional.[1] The group and Hughes in particular were major force behind its eventual passage.[8] Jepsen said in that debate, "It is not a First Amendment issue. As our culture has become coarser, children have been robbed of their childhood."[1] This law also ran into problems in the courts. Enough Is Enough was among a number of groups who backed a substitute measure, the Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000,[2][12] which gained passage and was eventually upheld in the courts.
The group continued to get its message across by displaying to people some of the worst images found on the Internet.[8] The group also put out a twenty-page report entitled "Just Harmless Fun?" that portrayed what it believes are negative effects of pornography from a social science viewpoint.[13] The group also provided parental advice on appropriate websites for children and how to keep them away from the inappropriate ones.[13]
In 2009, Enough Is Enough criticized Microsoft's Bing search engine for displaying preview clips of videos on search results pages, and thus potentially exposing children to sexually themed content without actually clicking on it.[14] During 2010, the group criticized approval of the .xxx domain by ICANN, saying that it would allow pornography providers to co-locate content on both regular and specialty domains; Hughes predicted this would "dramatically increas[e] pornography's pollution of the Internet."[15]
National "Porn Free Wi-Fi" Campaign
EIE launched its “National Porn Free Wi-Fi” campaign” in the fall of 2014, with nearly 50,000 petitions and 75 partner organizations encouraging McDonald’s and Starbucks to lead Corporate America in filtering porn and child porn on public Wi-Fi. As a result, McDonald’s is now filtering WiFi in nearly 14,000 stores nationwide; Starbucks announced in July they will begin filtering their public WIFI nationally and are implementing a global safe WiFi policy. EIE will be announcing Subway’s decision to filter WiFi soon.[16]
Internet Safety 101
Internet Safety 101SM is a widely-renowned resource and teaching series that paints a comprehensive picture of the dangers children encounter online. Through the Internet Safety 101SM program, EIE strives to educate and empower parents, educators and other caring adults with the information they need to effectively protect children from Internet dangers. The multi-media curriculum won 3 Telly awards. The DVD teaching series was reformatted into 3 episodic TV series for PBS which won an Emmy award and an Emmy nomination for Ms. Hughes as the show's host. [17]
Project Wilberforce™
Since 1994, Enough Is Enough®® (EIE) has aggressively pressed forward in the battle to prevent the sexual exploitation of children from Internet pornography and sexual predators. Like William Wilberforce, we have the ability to create a better world, a "beloved" community in which all people are respected with the dignity of which Jesus of Nazareth spoke. The two main life goals of Wilberforce were to abolish slavery and to restore manners and decency in England. It took Wilberforce and his band of friends, The Clapham circle, a lifetime to bring about such grand and revolutionary social change as well as the abolition of lesser social ills such as child labor.
Noble and worthwhile causes such as these indeed often take a lifetime, as well as a strong network of devoted individuals and groups. I have chosen the name "Project Wilberforce" to remind us that such daunting social change as making the Internet safer for children and families and winning the war against pornography is indeed possible. Just like the two-pronged Wilberforce model, fighting against a social evil (slavery) and promoting a social good (manners), our model is similar and is reflected in EIE's Mission. The two-pronged social ill is pornography and its related "porneia" issues including child pornography, sexual predation, pedophilia, sex trafficking, and the overall sex industry. The social good is promoting a culture where all people are respected and valued; for a childhood with a protected age of innocence; for healthy sexuality; and, for a society free from sexual exploitation, particularly in the digital arena. [18]
The Children’s Internet Safety Presidential Pledge
In 2016, with the leadership of Donna Rice Hughes, Enough Is Enough developed "The Children's Internet Safety Presidential Pledge" which asked Presidential Candidates to-- if elected President to make a pledge to defend the innocence and dignity of America's children by enforcing the existing federal laws and advancing public policies designed to 1) prevent the sexual exploitation of children online and 2) to make the Internet safer for all.[19]
The Pledge was sent to each of the Presidential Candidates. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton sent a letter of support. In July 2016, then candidate Donald J. Trump signed the pledge. [20]
References
- ^ a b c Aschoff, Susan (February 3–4, 1999). "Brave new cyberworld poses test for parents". St. Petersburg Times for The Deseret News. p. C2.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c "History of EIE". Enough is Enough. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
- ^ a b "Donna Rice Hughes works for children". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. September 16, 1998. p. 2A.
- ^ a b c d e "The 'other woman' turns activist". The Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. Associated Press. December 2, 1995. p. 10A.
- ^ a b Lavin, Enrique (November 14, 1995). "Pornography Posse: Members of Enough Is Enough! Join in Battle Against Hard-Core Smut" (fee required). Los Angeles Times. p. 1.
- ^ "Donna Rice Hughes, President and Chairman". Enough is Enough. Archived from the original on October 27, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e Andrews, Edmund L. (November 27, 1995). "Once Touched by Notoriety, Donna Rice Is Now in Limelight Fighting Smut". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d e f Swartz, Jon (November 9, 1998). "Donna Rice Says No Excuses for Net Porn: Gary Hart's ex-paramour has reinvented herself". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Gibson, Ginger (September 11, 2010). "Delaware politics: Senate primary hinges on character". The News Journal. New Castle, Delaware.
- ^ "How the Decency Fight Was Won" (fee required). San Jose Mercury News. March 3, 1996. p. 1D.
- ^ Macavinta, Courtney (March 19, 1997). "CDA backers focus on children". CNET News.
- ^ Cromwell, Clarence William (January 11, 2001). "Compliance with legislation on computer filtering software not easy, officials say". The Argus-Press. Owosso, Michigan. p. 1.
- ^ a b "American porn: Readings and links". Frontline. PBS. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
- ^ Carnevale, Frank (June 4, 2009). "Microsoft's Bing Criticized For Porn". Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota: KMSP-TV.
- ^ ".xxx Domain, Approved by ICANN, is a Bad Idea" (Press release). PR Newswire for Fox Business Network. June 25, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Enough Is Enough: Porn-free WiFi". www.enough.org. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
- ^ "Internet Safety 101: Internet Safety 101". internetsafety101.org. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
- ^ "Enough Is Enough: Project Wilberforce". enough.org. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
- ^ "Vast Online Dangers Threaten Curious Kids". LifeZette. 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ^ Whitson, Kevin (2016-08-06). "Presidential Candidates Just Got Asked To Sign THIS Major Pledge, LOOK How They Respond..." Western Journalism. Retrieved 2017-03-29.