Children being damaged by online porn, says inquiry
Claire Perry MP, who chaired the inquiry, said its results were 'hugely worrying'.
Children grow up addicted to online porn sites: Third of 10-
Government urged to act over children's 'easy' access to online porn (telegraph.co.uk, 18 April 2012)
Read the inquiry's report in full
Campaigners: kids should be safeguarded from online porn (09 February 2012)
Columnist warns of internet porn’s ‘numbing’ effect (10 February 2011)
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012
Many children are “easily accessing online pornography” and are suffering as a result,
a cross-
According to the inquiry, children’s attitudes to sex, relationships and body image are all being negatively affected by seeing internet pornography.
Studies noted in the inquiry’s report suggested four out of five children aged 14-
Protect
The report called for the Government to consider an “opt-
Speaking on Wednesday the Prime Minister said: “As a parent and as a politician, I am keen that we should help to protect people from such material.”
He added that he had “got together” some companies to “look at offering a choice
of blocking all adult and age-
Worrying
Conservative MP Claire Perry, who chaired the inquiry, said its results were “hugely worrying”.
She commented that while “parents should be responsible for their children’s online
safety”, people find it difficult to put filters on the many internet-
Miss Perry commented that it was time internet service providers took on “more of the responsibility to keep children safe”.
Up-
The inquiry noted “almost six out of ten children can access the internet without filters in their homes”.
It said that parents “lack internet safety education and up-
It also commented that while government regulation of the internet should “always be done with the lightest touch”, it should prepare backup regulations if the internet industry fails to do enough.
Extreme
Last year a national newspaper columnist warned that widespread exposure to “crude and debasing” pornography is affecting everyone in society.
Sandra Parsons cautioned that “so many men, including young boys” are using modern technology to access “vile images of extreme porn”.
And she said that this imagery is “infecting all ages, all strata of society”.