Campaigners are urgently calling for robust age verification measures on pornography websites to protect children in light of startling statistics showing an increase in sexual offences committed by minors.

CARE has welcomed a governmental call for evidence on the impact of pornography, citing “growing public awareness of porn’s dangers”.

Sexual crimes by children underline the need to prevent underage access to porn, CARE has said.

Press release: CARE has responded to the "next step" towards internet safeguards that prevent children accessing porn sites.

Each year thousands of young people are found to be watching pornographic material of children, according to freedom of information (FoI) requests put to police forces across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Ofcom have released their first guidance for tech platforms in light of the new Online Safety Bill to urge social media platforms to tackle illegal content shared on their sites – including…