‘We watched porn before age 8’


PUTRAJAYA: A survey on how to prevent problematic Internet behaviour for the younger generation has revealed a shocking surprise – some of the teenagers interviewed admitted that they have been watching online pornography before they were eight years old.

The survey, carried out by Heriot-Watt University Malaysia (HWUM), found that a shocking 7% of teenagers surveyed admitted they got their first glimpse of online porn before the age of eight.

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