UNICEF withdraws controversial report
Washington, DC, May 21 (C-Fam) Unicef removed a report controversial from its website, and when it reappeared days later, it was carefully edited. The report claimed that children are not affected by viewing sexually explicit material.
The recent report of the United Nations Children's Fund of the United Nations “Tools of Control of the Digital Age and Children's Rights Online” concluded that pornography may not always be harmful to children. The report suggested that children should be able to access sexually explicit materials based on their age and maturity, and that children have a human right to access online pornography and sex education.
Shortly after the Friday Fax reported on the subject this past week UNICEF removed the report from its website, only to then re-publish report a strategically edited removing key statements cited by Friday. Fax, but keeping the same positions as the original report.
UNICEF spokesperson Najwa Mekki told Friday Fax: “UNICEF's position is unequivocal: No child should be exposed to harmful content online.” But Mekki does not comment on whether for UNICEF pornography is harmful to children.
UNICEF also declined to comment on the circumstances that led to the report's removal from its website.
Christine Gleichert, USAID deputy public affairs administrator, told Friday Fax, “The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) takes Internet safety and child protection issues very seriously. with regard to harmful content on the Internet, including pornography ”USAID being the main financial contributor to UNICEF.
UNICEF's response to USAID was “that it is the organization's unequivocal position that no child should be exposed to harmful content online,” again not clarifying whether pornography can be. harmful to children.
The UNICEF report suggests that children are not hurt by viewing sexually explicit material. The finding is based on a recent EU study that questioned children's online habits and found that some children felt satisfied after seeing sexually explicit images.
The UNICEF report even asserts that not all sexually explicit content qualifies as “pornographic”. The report proposes a graduated scale to help rank what pornography would be suitable for children to view based on “different age groups”.
The UNICEF report suggests that “differences in the maturity level and developmental abilities of individual children. . . would come into play "when creating an" age rating system "to regulate children's access to sexually explicit content.
The purpose of the graduated scale, according to the report, is ostensibly to prevent encroachment on a child's right of access to beneficial sexually explicit materials such as sexual and reproductive health information, including resources. regarding LGBTQ education.
The UNICEF report admits that some research shows that access to pornography at a young age is linked to certain “negative outcomes”, but that “there is strong evidence to suggest that the exposure of children to some degree of risk. … Helps them build their resilience. ”
The report implies that determining what is harmful to children requires a careful balance between their right “to be protected online from sexual exploitation and violence” and “their rights to privacy, freedom of expression. ,. . . and access to information. “
The recent report of the United Nations Children's Fund of the United Nations “Tools of Control of the Digital Age and Children's Rights Online” concluded that pornography may not always be harmful to children. The report suggested that children should be able to access sexually explicit materials based on their age and maturity, and that children have a human right to access online pornography and sex education.
Shortly after the Friday Fax reported on the subject this past week UNICEF removed the report from its website, only to then re-publish report a strategically edited removing key statements cited by Friday. Fax, but keeping the same positions as the original report.
UNICEF spokesperson Najwa Mekki told Friday Fax: “UNICEF's position is unequivocal: No child should be exposed to harmful content online.” But Mekki does not comment on whether for UNICEF pornography is harmful to children.
UNICEF also declined to comment on the circumstances that led to the report's removal from its website.
Christine Gleichert, USAID deputy public affairs administrator, told Friday Fax, “The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) takes Internet safety and child protection issues very seriously. with regard to harmful content on the Internet, including pornography ”USAID being the main financial contributor to UNICEF.
UNICEF's response to USAID was “that it is the organization's unequivocal position that no child should be exposed to harmful content online,” again not clarifying whether pornography can be. harmful to children.
The UNICEF report suggests that children are not hurt by viewing sexually explicit material. The finding is based on a recent EU study that questioned children's online habits and found that some children felt satisfied after seeing sexually explicit images.
The UNICEF report even asserts that not all sexually explicit content qualifies as “pornographic”. The report proposes a graduated scale to help rank what pornography would be suitable for children to view based on “different age groups”.
The UNICEF report suggests that “differences in the maturity level and developmental abilities of individual children. . . would come into play "when creating an" age rating system "to regulate children's access to sexually explicit content.
The purpose of the graduated scale, according to the report, is ostensibly to prevent encroachment on a child's right of access to beneficial sexually explicit materials such as sexual and reproductive health information, including resources. regarding LGBTQ education.
The UNICEF report admits that some research shows that access to pornography at a young age is linked to certain “negative outcomes”, but that “there is strong evidence to suggest that the exposure of children to some degree of risk. … Helps them build their resilience. ”
The report implies that determining what is harmful to children requires a careful balance between their right “to be protected online from sexual exploitation and violence” and “their rights to privacy, freedom of expression. ,. . . and access to information. “
By Alexis I. Fragosa
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