How Can Explicit Content Affect Child Pornography

Explicit content is taking over movies and the internet and people are becoming more accepting of it. Movies and the internet are full of explicit content. Explicit content is negatively affecting the way people watch movies and use the internet. One big issue with explicit content on the internet is child pornography. The Internet Watch Foundation found 4000 explicit pictures and videos of children on the internet, and 17.5% of those were children under 15 years old (Barrett, 2015, n.p.). A lot of the photos and videos of children on the internet are used for blackmail. Also many of the pictures and videos are posted on public websites. Some of the children knowingly post to content on the websites while some of the pictures and videos are posted without the person in them knowing. This is causing parents to be hesitant about letting their children use the internet. It is also causing parents to have to monitor their children while they are the internet. Although this is one of the biggest issues, it is not the only issue with explicit content in the internet.

By law, pornography is protected by free speech (Thornburg & Lin, 2014, n.p.). Many people believe it should be made illegal because it shows immoral acts. Some pornography can also be degrading to women. Some people believe it portrays women as sex objects. The internet has also highly increased the distribution of pornography. It has made pornography much easier to buy, sell, and view (McGowan, 2015, n.p.). This makes it much easier for people to get ahold of pornography, and also can make it easier to distribute illegal pornography. Even though the internet has many issues with explicit content, there are also other media components with issues involving explicit