Blocking access to child porn doesn't help victims, expert says

Compared to the pre-Internet age - which I'd would say is before the mid-1990s - child pornography was predominately a cottage industry and not very visible, but, obviously, the problem of pedophilia and child pornography has not been created by the Internet. It's the medium where its distribution is facilitated. More child pornography is in circulation, but that does not necessarily mean there is more child pornography compared to the 1980s. It's the technological development of not just the Internet, but cheaper access to digital cameras and mobile phones with cameras that make it easier to take photos....We can't just blame the Internet. The Internet has also been beneficial.

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