News Analysis
Online pornography has long been a source of moral debate, but leading authorities are now warning the audience for the material is becoming younger and younger—a situation that has major implications for the mental health of a generation.
Our Watch, a national peak body for the prevention of violence to women and children, found the average age at which young people were first accessing pornography was now 13.6.
Other data collated by Collective Shout, an Australian organisation dedicated to ending sexual exploitation, found children as young as seven and eight were looking up pornography online, and some were also engaging in taking and sharing nude photographs….
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