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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern UK technology editor

Violent online content ‘unavoidable’ for UK children, Ofcom finds

Group of children sitting on stairs outdoors, using tablet computers and smartphones.
Children browse the internet on mobile devices. Almost every leading tech firm was mentioned by those interviewed by Ofcom. Photograph: Radius Images/Alamy

Violent online content is now “unavoidable” for children in the UK, with many first exposed to it when they are still in primary school, research from the media watchdog has found.

Every single British child interviewed for the Ofcom study had watched violent material on the internet, ranging from videos of local school and street fights shared in group chats, to explicit and extreme graphic violence, including gang-related content.

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