Three out of four children have seen Internet images that disturbed them, according to a new poll commissioned by the NSPCC.377 out of 497 votes cast by children in the poll claimed to have been disturbed by Internet images.
One child posted a comment on the message board of NSPCC children's website There4me.com saying: "I've seen violent images I didn't search for. I was freaked out." Another youngster said his eight-year-old sister typed in 'pictures of animals' and ended up with pornography adverts.
The NSPCC said it wants social networking and video hosting sites to remove all offensive and harmful material within hours of finding it. In February it was revealed that a rape video on popular internet video sharing site YouTube was online long enough for 600 to view it and comment.
Policy adviser Zoe Hilton said: "We are alarmed by how easy it is for children to access disturbing internet material.
"Children are just a few clicks away from innocently stumbling across upsetting or even dangerous pictures and films such as adult sex scenes, violent dog fights, people self harming and children being assaulted.
Children viewing violent content is far more of a concern but easier to monitor as not many music videos feature violence. As for Youtube and other video sites, they'll be blocked unless I'm with my children at the time.
It does. Go to any Youtube video and underneath you can "Flag" the video as inappropriate. It's not like Youtube doesn't have measures against this kind of thing.
This is nothing but fear mongering.
"Children are just a few clicks away from innocently stumbling" That is just bull ****. Kids know what they are doing.
This is nothing but fear mongering.
"Children are just a few clicks away from innocently stumbling" That is just bull ****. Kids know what they are doing.
Ditto. Kids know their way around the internet 100x better than most Tree-Quarters of adults lol
and sponsored by Bill Gates
Co-sponsored by Steve Jobs
Oh wait....
Parents censor and watch what your kids do on the internet! Be a parent instead of letting electronic dictate how your kid grows up....
Honestly, author of this article is an idiot. Yes, he raises valid concern (but he took it from another place anyway) and on top of it, he doesn't even offer any solutions, just whining about .0000000000001% of data he found on another site.
Lastly, how is this news? Or how is it difficult to write a paragraph that will consiste of more than one sentence?
Liar liar pants on fire.
I just did that exact same phrase in Google and got this http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/20477/Pictures/animals.JPG
Sensationalistic headline.
"Three out of four children exposed to disturbing pictures on the internet, warns NSPCC"
What it should actually read is;
"Three out of four children exposed to disturbing pictures on the internet, due to parents being lazy and bone-idle by not taking responsibilty for thier childs internet safety, warns NSPCC"
But then, I suppose some people wouldn't be able to cope with the facts, would they?
I have seen disturbing images on the Internet... I have also seen disturbing images in magazines, on TV and on billboards. I have even seen disturbing tings in real life. Does this mean we should sensor all those mediums and prevent people from going outside? No it doesn't. It only means parents need to look after their children. End of no story.
and the problem with state or countrywide censorship is where does it end?
1. legitimate sites can be blocked if they happen to share a web server with a bad one (as proven in Finland, I believe)
2. the government/operators have the opportunity to go trigger-happy, and could start blocking music videos for mentioning/showing guns or w/e, cos they're hellbent on "keeping people safe" e.t.c.
leave censorship where it belongs.. in the hands of the parents.
my sister does it with her kids, they don't get online period unless she is there beside them.
This leads me to believe that this article should be taken with a big lump of salt.
Putting blinders on kids only shocks them more when they reach the age that parents no longer feel blinders are needed. Leave the blinders off and educate them on what they are see and explain how it is wrong.
Click for animated goodness.
But instead we get a sensationalist headline repeating what we've known for a long time: There are parents out there that just can't be bothered to do their job.
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