Children as younger as 5 ‘hooked on pornography’

Children as younger as 5 are being uncovered to on-line pornography, with some reporting dependancy, Sky News has realized.

Research by the charity Dignify reveals the common age of first publicity is 12, with a 3rd of youngsters seeing it whereas nonetheless in major college.

Sky News has spoken to 1 girl who says early publicity to pornographic materials led to dependancy, melancholy and amounted to her having her childhood "taken away".

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