Preventing children from watching porn may violate their human rights – (UNICEF)

According to a UNICEF report, prohibiting children from watching porn may be a violation of their human rights, based on extensive interpretation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

The report’s conclusion was based on a European study of 19 EU countries. And it was discovered that most children who watched pornography were “neither upset nor happy” in most nations. According to the UNICEF report, 39% of Spanish children were pleased after viewing pornography.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report outlined how government policies safeguard children from dangerous, abusive, and violent internet content.

However, Anti-pornographic organizations, on the other hand, disagree with the UNICEF data since it ignores the harms that pornography does to children.

According to Lisa Thompson, vice president and head of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s Research Institute, “Mainstream pornography contains horrific sexual abuse, rape, incest, racism – all of which children should not consume. UNICEF’s milquetoast assessment of the impacts hardcore pornography on children does nothing to challenge the political narrative that pornography is benign, and as a result, puts children in harm’s way.”

Source: Today ng