This week, a charity that counters child sexual exploitation warned of more people seeking help for attraction to child pornography. The Lucy Faithful Foundation reports that 165,000 people in the UK and Ireland contacted its anonymous helpline ‘Stop It Now!’ over child sexual attraction in 2021 – a rise of 107%. Donald Findlater, Director ofContinue reading “Porn’s chilling trajectory”
Category Archives: Online safety
Age checks on porn sites is least govt can do to protect kids – P&J
This week, the UK Government announced that it will usher in age checks on porn websites through its forthcoming online safety regime. New measures will force sites that publish pornography to prevent underage access through age verification technologies. In a statement coinciding with ‘Safer Internet Day 2022’ on 8 Feb, Digital Minister Chris Philp said: “It isContinue reading “Age checks on porn sites is least govt can do to protect kids – P&J”
MPs must seize the opportunity to hold the porn industry to account
The announcement of an official parliamentary inquiry into the harms of pornography is welcome and long overdue. The APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation, a cross-party group of MPs, will assess “how the modern-day pornography industry operates, harms associated with the production and consumption of pornography, and the adequacy of existing laws to address these harms”. Many peopleContinue reading “MPs must seize the opportunity to hold the porn industry to account”
OnlyFans pornography u-turn is case study in corporate greed
On Wednesday, online streaming platform OnlyFans announced that a decision to curb sexually explicit content has been reversed. In a statement posted on Twitter, the site, which has become one of the world’s largest platforms for pay-for-view pornographic content, said it will “continue to provide a home for all creators”. The move towards a banContinue reading “OnlyFans pornography u-turn is case study in corporate greed”
Time to get tough on porn – The Critic
In June, shocking analysis of the Everyone’s invited website, set up to allow women and girls to anonymously report sexual abuse, revealed numerous reports of sexual harassment in primary and secondary schools across Scotland. A few weeks earlier, English schools’ regulator Ofsted warned that sexual harassment has become “normalised” among school-aged children. Ask female pupilsContinue reading “Time to get tough on porn – The Critic”
UK Govt can no longer ignore calls for online pornography safeguards – The Sunday National
In politics there comes a tipping point when support for a certain course of action leads to irresistible, concrete change. When it comes to protecting children from exposure to online pornography, that moment was supposed to come in 2019. But it never did. In the run up to 2019, there had been growing opprobrium about theContinue reading “UK Govt can no longer ignore calls for online pornography safeguards – The Sunday National”
MSPs right to slam UK Government inaction on pornography – Press & Journal
The UK Government’s online safety proposals, designed to tackle ‘online harms’ have faced scrutiny since being announced last month. In the context of the ‘culture wars’, they are a lightning rod. Their impact, or otherwise, on free speech – a most vital liberty – will be a central concern. However, an impact on free speechContinue reading “MSPs right to slam UK Government inaction on pornography – Press & Journal”