Pornography has proliferated online in recent decades and now even children are unable to avoid it. Girls also shared their concerns about aggressive depictions of sex, which could be normalised by young boys watching pornography, who then attempt to copy it in real-life sexual encounters. The BBFC was chosen to be the regulator for delayed age verification measures online, which will force commercial pornography websites to carry out robust age verification checks on users or face having payment services withdrawn or being blocked for UK internet users. People would have to prove their age in a number of ways, including using traditional forms of ID such as a credit card or passport, or by buying an over-the-counter card from shops where verification would take place face to face. The tighter controls were due to come into force on July 15, but were pushed back after the Government failed to notify the European Commission about certain aspects of the plan. According to the survey, more than eight in ten parents agreed that there should be age-verification controls in place for online pornography, with just under half of children saying that the plan was a good idea — though year-olds were more in favour than older teenagers. The research findings today have shown that parents and importantly, young people and children, want and need there to be stronger controls in place. The report also highlighted a difference between what parents thought their child had seen and what they had actually seen. Follow Metro. Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter Share this article via messenger Share this with Share this article via email Share this article via flipboard Copy link.
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Please refresh the page and retry. More than half of children have encountered porn by the age of 11 to 13 and almost a fifth 18 per cent of them told researchers they intentionally sought it out, according to the biggest study of its kind by the British Board of Film Classification BBFC. Children said porn had changed their attitude towards sex and distorted their attitudes to consent so they did not believe it was necessary to ask or discuss whether to have sex. More than 40 per cent agreed that watching porn made people less respectful of the opposite sex. Parents are, however, in the dark. While three quarters 75 per cent claimed their child had not seen porn online, 53 per cent of their own children said they had viewed it. Parents were less likely to suspect their daughters viewed porn - just 17 per cent - even though similar proportions of boys as girls watched it, 68 per cent versus 58 per cent, according to the survey of 2, children and their parents by researchers Revealing Reality. David Austin, BBFC chief executive, said the ease of access to porn was in danger of normalising it for children, with 18 per cent of 11 to 13 year olds and more than a third of 14 to 17 year olds saying the had viewed porn in the past fortnight. M r Austin said the research would provide a baseline against which to assess the effectiveness of the compulsory age checks.
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I'm a straight girl and I've crossed paths with porn a couple of times. I've watched it occasionally but don't really feel like it's shaped my sexuality at all. However, I've had plenty of conversations and experiences - some odd, some hilarious, some just sad - that came about because of porn.
