Girl A starts a new year at primary school, some of her classmates have recently been given their own smartphone to keep them safe on their way to school. In the information sheet we follow one child’s journey, “Girl A”. In the meantime, it is crucial for parents to consider the practical steps they can take to protect their children, including holding proactive, age-appropriate conversations about pornography and installing robust safety controls across devices.Īlongside the research, the Commissioner has published an information sheet to unpack these relationships and to suggest ways that parents, carers, teachers and others in society can support children to safely navigate harmful and adult content online. She has also urged tech firms to do more, ahead of online safety regulation, to protect the children from harmful content across their platforms. The Commissioner has campaigned for the swift enactment of the Online Safety Bill in order to protect children from pornography. The survey finds that there are correlations between early exposure to pornography, frequent consumption of pornography and the development of harmful attitudes and behaviours. The full findings of the Commissioner’s survey of over 1,000 young people and focus groups with teenagers can be found here. This week, the Children’s Commissioner published new research into the links between pornography, sexual violence and mental health.
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