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Paedophilia and Pornography on the Internet: Threats to Children

16.11.2004 | Keller Hamela, Maria (Poland)

Report from the first Polish survey on the phenomenon of pedophilia and pornography on the Internet conducted in 2003 by Nobody's Children Foundation. The study focused on: children's risky behavior on the Internet, experiences of unwanted chatting and sexual proposals and unwanted display of abuse images. The results confirmed among others that 87% of children is exchanging personal data with persons met on the line.

Nobody’s Children Foundation

Łukasz Wojtasik lukasz@fdn.pl

September 2003

Research financed by UNICEF

CONTENTS

MAIN RESEARCH FINDINGS

INTRODUCTION

INFORMATION ABOUT THE STUDY

RESEARCH REPORT

Children’s Risky Behavior on the Internet
Unwanted Sexual Proposals
Unwanted Display of Abuse Images
Conclusions

MAIN RESEARCH FINDINGS

The key findings from an online survey conducted among 8991 regular users of the Internet aged 12–17:
Children using the Internet do not follow fundamental safety rules. In the preceding year 64% of the respondents have given a stranger their phone number, and 42% have given a stranger their home address.
A quarter of the participants have personally met a stranger „known” from the Internet.
56% of the children have been induced to unwanted sexual conversations.
30% of the children felt frightened/scared about this situation
In the preceding years 80% of the children have inadvertently encountered pornographic materials on the Web.

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Created 16.11.2004 Updated 16.11.2004