4 to 5 new child victims are filmed being sexually abused every week.
19% of images are of children 3 years or younger.
Online child pornography generates up to US$20 billion a year, nearly 7 times more than online music sales.
Up to 20,000 children appear in pornographic images online every week.
Disturbingly, the trade in the sexual abuse of children online has increased by 1,500% in the past 10 years.
Please, light a candle for the victims of online child abuse.
http://www.lightamillioncandles.comThe innocent victims of Internet child abuse cannot speak for themselves.
But you can.
With your help, we can eradicate this evil trade.
We do not need your money.
We need you to light a candle of support
We're aiming to light at least One Million Candles by December 31, 2006.
This petition will be used to encourage governments, politicians, financial institutions, payment organisations, Internet service providers, technology companies and law enforcement agencies to eradicate the commercial viability of online child abuse.
They have the power to work together. You have the power to get them to take action.
Please light your candle at lightamillioncandles.com or send an email of support to
[email protected].
Together, we can destroy the commercial viability of Internet child abuse sites that are destroying the lives of innocent children. Kindly forward this email to your friends, relatives and work colleagues so that they can light a candle too.
Candles lit as of 3:13p.m, 5/11/2006: 976,495
Number of days to go: 56