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The internet pornography industry is massive, of that there is no doubt, and the USA hosts 89% (244,661,900) of them. This is a staggering figure, and one that first points towards a degrading society, and then to what impact this is having on the children of today. Statistics show that the average age that a child first sees pornography on the internet is 11, and that within the 8-16 age bracket 90% of children have viewed porn online. So is it really surprising that children are putting naked photos of them selves online? Not really.

In La Crosse, Wisconsin, a 17-year-old boy recently was charged with child pornography, sexual exploitation of a child and defamation after he posted pictures of his ex-16 year old girlfriend on his MySpace page, but is now being prosecuted for the above offenses. But this is not a singular event, news stories of young girls (and boys) sending graphic pictures to girl/boyfriends are growing exponentially, and the main problem is that if the relationship breaks up the pictures quickly get spread around and within minutes the whole world can see them.

Obviously this is a big problem, and various governing bodies are trying to tackle this, but who is to blame? The parents for letting young people view this stuff, the people who run these websites or the internet in general? Or just the sometimes, it could be the idiot teenagers themselves?

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