Report from the first Polish survey on the phenomenon of pedophilia and pornography on the Internet conducted in 2003 by Nobody’s Children Foundation. The study focused on: children’s risky behavior on the Internet, experiences of unwanted chatting and sexual proposals and unwanted display of abuse images. The results confirmed among others that 87% of children is exchanging personal data with persons met on the line.
Nobody’s Children Foundation
Łukasz Wojtasik lukasz@fdn.pl
September 2003
Research financed by UNICEF
Copyright ©2003 Nobody’s Children Foundation www.fdn.pl
CONTENTS
MAIN RESEARCH FINDINGS
INTRODUCTION
INFORMATION ABOUT THE STUDY
RESEARCH REPORT
- Children’s Risky Behavior on the Internet
- Unwanted Sexual Proposals
- Unwanted Display of Abuse Images
- Conclusions
MAIN RESEARCH FINDINGS
- The key findings from an online survey conducted among 8991 regular users of the Internet aged 12–17:
- Children using the Internet do not follow fundamental safety rules. In the preceding year 64% of the respondents have given a stranger their phone number, and 42% have given a stranger their home address.
- A quarter of the participants have personally met a stranger „known” from the Internet.
- 56% of the children have been induced to unwanted sexual conversations.
- 30% of the children felt frightened/scared about this situation
- In the preceding years 80% of the children have inadvertently encountered pornographic materials on the Web.
Created 16.11.2004 Updated 16.11.2004