SA children the targets of phone porn

The South African child protection organisation Childline is taking emergency steps to deal with escalating phenomenon of young children accessing hardcore pornography via cellphones and the Internet.

"Van Niekerk said Childline staff were alarmed as there were increasing reports of small children emulating sex acts, such as oral sex, because of their exposure to pornography.

"When we ask children 'what made you do this to another child?' 90% of them say it was pornography."

She said children and teenagers were also using their camera cellphones to send sexual images of themselves to others.

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"They send pictures of themselves having sex or masturbating. Or, when girlfriends break up with them, they send sexual pictures of them to their friends as revenge which is hugely problematic for the victims. Girls phone in very distressed."

emily | 6:27 PM | Porn and Dark Side of MMS |
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