Regulating Child Internet Access
The World Assembly,
AWARE OF the prevalence of harmful and extreme content on the Internet;
WHOLEHEARTEDLY COMMITTED to protecting the innocence of all children;
PARTICULARLY CONCERNED at the risk of children being exposed to pornography, sexualised content and extreme violence;
UNSETTLED BY the growing prevalence of pornography addiction and unhealthy attitudes to sexuality;
BELIEVING that sexual education should be taught by responsible adults in the classroom, rather than learnt from potentially dubious sources on the internet;
Hereby mandates;
- 1.Definitions:
- 1. 'child' - any person under the legal age of sexual consent in that nation.
2. 'sexually explicit' - refers to any visual, written, or audio content that clearly and unambiguously depicts or describes: actual or simulated acts of sexual intercourse, oral-genital contact, masturbation, or other overt sexual activity, whether consensual or non-consensual in nature; the intentional display of genitalia, buttocks, or breasts in a manner intended to arouse, titillate, or emphasize sexual themes; content where the dominant theme or purpose is the portrayal or communication of erotic, intimate, or sexual situations, including discussions or depictions of sexual fantasies or fetishes and excluding artistic, scientific, medical, or educational materials where the sexual or anatomical depiction is incidental to the broader purpose; and content where nudity or sexual references are presented for comedic, literary, or satirical purposes and do not seek to arouse or offend.
3. 'shockingly violent' - depictions of mutilated bodies or sadistic torture.
4. 'accurate verification' - the use of official government documents and/or databases to ascertain the age of an individual beyond a reasonable doubt.
2. Online companies hosting or providing sexually explicit or shockingly violent content have a legal responsibility to prevent children from viewing this content through accurate verification of client age. Failure to do so will result in escalating punishment action from the World Assembly, including fines and enforced closure.
3. Knowingly aiding a child to bypass age verification checks for a website hosting or providing sexually explicit content is a form of indirect sexual abuse and must be punished in line with other types of child grooming.
4. Schools must, to the best of their ability, and when age appropriate (to be determined on an individual basis by each nation) educate children on both healthy attitudes to sexuality, and the psychological and social harms of consuming sexually explicit content online.
