Children producing their own web porn

Children as young as 10 years of age are taking sexually explicit pictures of themselves before uploading them onto the internet - according to Ireland's leading Criminal Intelligence Officer at Interpol. A celebrity obsessed generation of children who see their idols flashing their genitalia for paparazzi are going online and self-producing child pornography.

Irish Detective Sergeant Michael Moran, who is one of the world's leading experts in the fight against child exploitation, has warned parents to be extra vigilant about their children uploading self-made pornography. "Everything from posing naked to actual sex acts on web cams. We are seeing a lot more self-produced child pornography to the extent that self-taking child abusive material is one of our biggest problems at the moment."

source: Article 'Children producing their own web porn' by Niamh Horan; www.independent.ie/national-news/children-producing-their-own-web-porn-1410447.html; independent.ie; 15 June 2008