While the age of digital information is here to stay, and indeed benefits humanity in many ways, its risks to kids and adolescents cannot be stressed enough. One such risk is exposure of kids to age-inappropriate content such as pornography — the elephant in the room that must be tackled before the damage gets out of hand. How does porn affect young kids? Can kids watch porn? Should kids watch porn? The last two questions have knee-jerk answers — a resounding no. But why? Read on. Here are some alarming numbers that point to the seriousness of the situation.

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The girl was the youngest victim of revenge porn offences reported to South Yorkshire Police between April and December A girl aged 11, two aged 12, two aged 14 and three aged 15, were also victims of revenge porn over the same period. It became an offence to share private sexual photographs or films without the subject's consent in England and Wales in April , with a maximum sentence of two years imprisonment. Since we changed the law, there have been over prosecutions for this offence which carries a maximum sentence of two years behind bars — proving our tough stance is working. It comes as government-backed plans to criminalise upskirting were derailed today after being opposed by a Conservative grandee. There were cries of "shame! Jump directly to the content. Sign in. All Football.
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By Alex Diaz. Worry: Dame Esther Rantzen, the founder of ChildLine, said that children as young as 11 had contacted the service with concerns about porn. More than one in ten children 12 per cent aged 12 to 13 have made or been part of a sexually explicit video, according to new research.
By Henry Martin For Mailonline. An year-old girl has become one of the UK's youngest victims of revenge porn, police have said. The child was among 25 unders in the North East who either had intimate images shared with others, or who were threatened with it. Some child victims have been so distressed they've had to move to a new school. Police Scotland revealed in a Freedom of Information response the number of revenge porn cases since it was outlawed in Some child victims have been so distressed they've had to move to a new school stock image. One charity said some youngsters targeted in Scotland were so distressed they had even moved schools. The law came into force on July 3 and the figures - obtained from Police Scotland under freedom of information laws - show there were 43 reports of image sharing between July 3 and July 2 , compared to 35 over the same period the following year. There were 26 complaints involving people threatening to share images in the first year and 27 in the second year. The victims were aged in 47 of the reports, in 29 cases, in nine cases and 50 to 59 in five cases.