Young children are watching, copying and becoming “desensitised” to porn, according to new research.
The report found a quarter of 11-year-olds have seen online porn – and by the age of 16 that figure rises to half.
A third of 13 to 14-year-old boys who have seen porn say they want to copy the behaviour they have seen, while many have not searched for it but have stumbled upon it online by accident.
The findings, from a survey of 1,000 children by the Children’s Commissioner, the NSPCC and Middlesex University, are likely to intensify the debate around internet restrictions on explicit material.
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