[RichardCoulter]

Now that the Online Safety Act has been passed into law, Melanie Dawes from Ofcom is working on the codes of practice that websites must operate.

The safety of our children must take priority and, with this in mind, preventing them from accessing pornography is currently being looked at.

The average age that children first see pornography is 13 (though a quarter of children have come across pornography by age 11) and a shocking 10% of 9 year olds have seen pornographic material. By age 18 79% have been exposed to pornography that is coercive, degrading or involves pain inducing sex acts.