Data Shows Social Media Sites Are the Primary Way Children Are Exposed to Porn

Evidence continues to emerge that children are being subjected to pornography at increasingly younger ages, due mostly to accidental exposure on social media sites that do not enforce restrictions on user-posted pornography.

A startling report published in August by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner in the United Kingdom surveyed 1,020 teenagers and young adults between the ages of 16 and 21. The survey found that 70% of respondents said they had viewed online porn, a substantial increase from the 63% when the survey was last taken in 2023. The data further showed that the age in which children are being exposed continues to get younger, with 13 being the average age of first viewing porn, and over a quarter (27%) saying that they first saw porn at age 11. A number of respondents even indicated that they had seen pornography at age “6 or younger.”

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