Your child may discover online porn unintentionally, or they may go looking for it. Find out what to do if you are worried about your child and online porn.

It is usually legal for someone under 18 to watch porn involving adults engaging in sexual activity. . It is illegal to watch, make, show or sell pornography ...

by M Campo · Cited by 2 — Research shows that there are harms associated with early exposure to pornography, but appropriate sex and relationships education can help.

Child pornography, also known as child sexual abuse material is erotic material that involves or depicts persons under the designated age of majority. defined ...

Feb 2, 2007 — Federal law defines child pornography as any lascivious image or movie of anyone under the age of 18.

Jan 31, 2023 — In the United States and many other countries, it is illegal to show pornography to someone under the age of 18.

At 11 most young people haven't seen any porn. By 16 most young people have seen some porn. When they first see porn, 27% of young people feel shocked by it.

Oct 11, 2011 — A man was recently indicted on federal charges of running 18 Chinese-language child pornography websites out of his apartment in Flushing, New York.

Mar 31, 2015 — A tenth of 12 to 13-year-olds fear they are "addicted" to pornography, an NSPCC ChildLine survey has concluded.

Our work specifically relates to images and videos showing child sexual abuse online. Here are useful links if you need help with something else.

by M Alvarez-Segura · 2025 — Exposure to pornography at a young age may lead to poor mental health, sexism and objectification, sexual violence, and other negative outcomes.

Jun 4, 2025 — We will also walk you through the process of reporting and removing underage nude images and child pornography from the Internet—and preparing ...

The minimum defines CSAM as imagery or videos which show a person who is a child and engaged in or is depicted as being engaged in explicit sexual activity.

Jan 15, 2024 — But it's common and has become normalised among young people. The median age for boys to first view pornography is 13, while for girls it's 16.

Remember that taking pictures of persons under that age of 18 that are sexual and pornographic is illegal and that sending sexual pictures of someone of any age ...

Jun 26, 2025 — As of 25 July 2025, all sites and apps that allow pornography will need to have strong age checks in place, to make sure children can't access that or other ...

by J Nurmi · 2024 · Cited by 20 — In the context of explicit CSAM search sessions, there are a total of 2,287,057 broad age-indicating searches with terms 'toddler', 'infant',

Nov 5, 2025 — French authorities investigate Shein, Temu, AliExpress and Wish · Allegations include letting minors access pornographic content · Shein bans sale ...

by M Bordoloi · 2024 · Cited by 4 — By age 16 about 70% of boys watch porn four to five times per week. A common concern to parents and researchers is whether pornography can b

147: Intimate image abuse in adults and under 18s: A comparative analysis of cases dealt with by the Revenge Porn Helpline and Professionals Online Safety ...