Over Sexualisation
Seeing, producing or sending explicit/adult themed messages, photographs and videos.
Also includes:
Pornography
Anime porn
Cyber-Flashing
Sexting
Technology-assisted harmful sexual behaviour
(Grooming and sexual abuse covered in the Coerced Child Online Sexual Abuse danger category)
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The Online Child Commissioner reported that pornography exposure is widespread and normalised – to the extent that children cannot ‘opt-out’. The average age at which children first see pornography is 13. By age nine, 10% had seen pornography, 27% had seen it by age 11 and half of children who had seen pornography had seen it by age 13.
It makes it clear that it is more violent and extreme that “top-shelf” pornography of old.
‘A lot of it is actually just abuse’- Young people and pornography | Children's Commissioner for England
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To detect this danger category primarily images are scanned by AI which detects nudity and age. Also sexual messaging, porn sites and apps like only fans are detected.
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Child line can be called if you are under 19. 08001111.
The NSPCC Helpline can help with safeguarding situations you face at work. Whether you need advice and support, or reassurance on a current safeguarding incident our child protection specialists can help.
Call 0808 800 5000
or Email help@nspcc.org.uk
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