17/04/2025
I’ve been preaching this for years…Will we ever wake up to the horrific repercussions of po*******hy? 😞
"I didn’t start out wanting to see kids": Are p**n algorithms feeding a generation of p*edophiles – or creating one?
‘Police, charities, lawyers and child protection experts are asking what is driving this tidal wave of offending, and finding one common thread: the explosion over the past 10 to 20 years of free-to-view and easily accessible online p**nography. Material so violent it would have been considered highly extreme a generation ago is now readily available on iPads, desktops and the phones in teenagers’ pockets. A growing body of research is beginning to warn of how problematic p**n habits can be a pathway into viewing images of children being abused.
Andy, who was jailed for six months for consuming and sharing images of child s*xual abuse, said:
‘“I am fully accountable. None of this is an excuse. I look back at what I did with huge regret and shame. But I didn’t start out wanting to see kids. I was addicted to p**n and I went down a road of being totally desensitised as I got further and further from what was normal.
‘“I was using p**n as a coping mechanism for all sorts of things – stress, loss, general life problems. When you ma******te to p**n, you get an intense dopamine hit. Then those first videos start to become boring. Your brain starts to say, that’s not good enough. Soon you are watching r*pe fantasies – there are loads of categories like this on mainstream sites. Then it’s teenagers. The algorithms keep showing you more extreme stuff.”
‘He argues that the mainstream p**n sites encourage an interest in young girls. “They push the boundaries as much as they can, with content around young women dressed in school uniforms, for example; in**st themes; old men paired with young women.”’
Read more >> https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/05/i-didnt-start-out-wanting-to-see-kids-are-p**n-algorithms-feeding-a-generation-of-paedophiles-or-creating-one
