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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Children’s exposure to porn higher than before 2023 Online Safety Act, poll finds

A teenage boy in front of a laptop in the dark
The survey suggested that most children saw porn online by accident, rather than deliberately seeking it out. Photograph: pkline/Getty Images

Exposure to pornography has increased since the introduction of UK rules to protect the public online, with children as young as six seeing it by accident, research by the children’s commissioner for England has found.

Dame Rachel de Souza said a survey found that more young people said they had been exposed to pornography before the age of 18 than in 2023, when the Online Safety Act became law.

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