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09.05.2023 - 17:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A warning has been issued over children copying sex acts and abusive sexual behaviour after viewing pornography online.
The second of a series of reports exploring the impact on children has found that young people are imitating abusive and demeaning sexual acts depicted in internet videos.
Some children have been subjected to sexual degradation at the hands of other youngsters, including strangulation, choking or slapping, the Children's Commissioner for England found.
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A review of police transcripts also found instances of both police and children drawing direct links between the incident of abuse and the abuser’s exposure to pornography.
In several interviews, children who had harmed acknowledged that their exposure to pornography was excessive or unhealthy. Two children who had been harmed said that they felt they had been treated 'like a porn star' by their abuser.
Children’s Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza says that 'no child should be able to access or watch pornography' and it's time to 'turn the tide' on the harm it's doing to them.
Her earlier report found that the average age at which children first viewed pornography was 13 years of age, with one in 10 of the 16- to 21-year-olds it surveyed saying they had watched pornography by the time they were nine years old.
With evidence suggesting that 38% of children who have seen pornography, had stumbled across pornography accidentally online, often on social media sites like Twitter, the Children’s Commissioner has previously raised concerns about children’s access to mobile phones.
Darren Morgan is the headteacher of a primary school in Trafford and says that while they haven't had
An 'unforgettable day of prehistoric fun' is promised as Dino Invasion World comes to Manchester this weekend.
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