A third of children ‘have viewed net porn’

A THIRD of Irish children using the internet have viewed pornography while a quarter have received unwanted sexual comments, a study has revealed.

The National Centre for Technology and Education (NCTE) carried out an investigation into children’s online behaviour in conjunction with four Scandinavian countries.

It found that 80% of Irish children have access to the internet at home although only 12% said they used it every day, compared to 46% of children in Sweden. Almost one in five children have been invited to a face-to-face meeting by another internet user and 34% have viewed a violent website, either accidentally or on purpose.