Today, in the Sejm, a request was made for the registration of the citizens' committee of the legislative initiative "Stop Pornography Drug", by the Ordo Iuris Institute. The task assumes an work for pornographic website administrators to introduce effective verification of the age of the user. In the absence of specified actions, net providers would be in danger of blocking portals and preventing them from utilizing payment services.
Centres point out that the problem of children utilizing pornographic content and easy access to it concerns an expanding number of young people. In fresh years, the age of children reaching for pornography for the first time has fallen. The study of the NASK State investigation Institute of 2022 indicates that in Poland this kind of content was seen by 55% of children under the age of 12. The vast majority of them search through electronic devices.
In the NASK State investigation Institute study of 2022, 73 percent of children declared that uncovering pornography was not hard for them. The age of people entering pornographic websites has besides been lowered. In Poland, 55 percent of children saw pornography before turning 12. The vast majority of them search through electronic devices.
Specialists in improvement psychology indicate that any contact of a insignificant with pornography negatively affects the improvement of his brain, the formation of attitudes, relationships and bonds. Recently, work on effective kid protection has been started in countries specified as France, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. Italy is besides preparing for the introduction of protective mechanisms.
The Ordo Iuris task aims to introduce a general ban on making pornographic material available online in Poland in a way that allows children to watch it. The owners of specified portals are to be obliged to implement an effective mechanics to verify the maturity of the user. The effectiveness of this strategy is to be assessed by the competent authority. Services that have not introduced verification solutions will be included in the central register. For failure to comply with the obligation, circumstantial websites will be subject to blockage by net providers and blockage of payment services by providers of these services.
The Ordo Iuris Institute has already collected the required amount, a minimum of a 1000 signatures for the application for registration of the citizens' legislative initiative committee. The motion was submitted to the office of the talker of the Sejm. From that minute on, Simon Holovnia has 14 days to consider it. After the marshal has agreed to registry the committee, a collection of 100,000 signatures under the bill can begin.
The motion was preceded by a press conference before the Polish Parliament. The event was opened by Marcin Perłowski, manager of the Center for Life and Family.
– Pornography is to show something most intimate, as something very violent, vulgar, and to destruct marital relationships. This is simply a very wide problem. The fight against pornography is our common effort. - He said.
In turn, Adv. Rafał Dorosinski pointed out the harmfulness of pornography, especially for children and young people. – We should not let children to have unlimited access to something that is clearly harmful, specified as alcohol, tobacco. We so submit a bill to the talker of the Sejm as part of a citizens' legislative initiative to guarantee that access to pornographic sites is for adults only. – noted the associate of the Management Board of Ordo Iuris.
Lidia Sankowska-Grabczuk from the Coalition for Life and household besides spoke. It pointed to the negative effects of pornography on women. – If a young man is permeated with images that contain violent force against women, he then implements them into real life. Women are the biggest victims of pornography. She stressed.
Paweł Kwasniak of the Confederation of NGO Initiatives of the Republic besides called for the fight against pornography. – We, as men, should bear witness to the fact that pornography is an evil that destroys human bonds, marriages, the innocence of children. That is why we are very happy that many men are joining this action to combat pornography – he noted.
Source: Ordo Iuris / KAI Institute
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