One in 10 children under the age of nine had seen porn, according to a new report. Four out of five young people who took part in the survey said that they'd seen porn involving violence by the age of 18. I've been looking particularly at sort of Andrew Tate and the kind of appeal of somebody like him with absolutely massive following kids watching porn. It's a fairly kind of worrying combination.
According to new research by the children’s commissioner for England, one in 10 children have watched pornography by the time they are nine years old. And teachers say the effects are being felt in schools. So what makes young people vulnerable to this kind of content, and what impact might it have on their brains and behaviour? Madeleine Finlay speaks to Guardian education correspondent Sally Weale, and to consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Dickon Bevington. Help support our independent journalism at
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