A report indicates a significant rise in children encountering online pornography, often accidentally. Over half of surveyed respondents reported exposure to violent content, including depictions of strangulation and rape. The average age of first exposure was around 13, with some as young as six. Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza expressed concern that harmful material is being presented to children through dangerous algorithms. This content is often described as extreme, degrading, and illegal, signaling a pressing crisis regarding children's safety online.
The proportion of children saying they have seen pornography online has risen in the past two years, according to a report, with many encountering it accidentally.
More than half (58 percent) of respondents to the survey said that, as children, they had seen pornography involving strangulation, illustrating the violent nature of content young people are exposed to.
The findings indicate harmful content is presented to children through dangerous algorithms, rather than them deliberately seeking it out.
Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza described the content young people are seeing as violent, extreme and degrading, highlighting serious concerns regarding its legality and impact.
Collection
[
|
...
]