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Is There a Relationship Between Online Safety Concerns and Broadband Uptake? 
Adam Thierer
athierer@pff.orgSenior FellowThe Progress & Freedom Foundationwww.PFF.orgTestimony before theFederal Communications CommissionBroadband Working Group
Hearing on “Broadband Consumer Context”
September 9, 2009
 
Testimony Based on Findings Contained in PFF’s
Parental Controls & Online Child Protection: ASurvey of Tools & Methods 
www.PFF.org/parentalcontrols
Adam Thierer -Testimony before the FCC's "Broadband Consumer Context" Hearing (9/9/09)
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Summary of Remarks
Adam Thierer -Testimony before the FCC's "Broadband Consumer Context" Hearing (9/9/09)
No substantive empirical evidence exists suggesting a correlation between parental concerns about online activity and overall household broadband uptake 
Explanations why parental concerns about online safety
haven’t “moved the broadband needle” much
:
1.Not every home has children present2.Parents use a variety of household media rules tocontrol media & Internet usage3.A vibrant marketplace of parental controltechnologies exists4.Likely that most parents believe that the benefitsof broadband outweigh the potential downsides
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