I’ve been watching the Sex Education Show vs Pornography on the tv. The claimed aim of the show is  expose (it does plenty of exposing!) myths that come from pornography and campaign to protect kids from on line porn. You always have to question the media (C4 more than others?) about whether they are genuinely trying to be educational or just sensationalising - especially on this kind of subject. Whatever the education / sensation balance I thought there was some valuable stuff in there.

One of the things they have been doing is challenging ISP’s & PC retailers to put protection on by default. Why aren’t safe search filters and parental controls set by default? Given that I’m not sure what they are talking about with “activating Parental Controls” we can assume most parents will find it a challenge to activate them. Of course the show implies that a couple of simple settings will keep your kids safe. I didn’t think it was that easy - please (please, PLEASE!) correct me if I’m wrong.

Somewhat depressingly, having visited their web site (http://sexperienceuk.channel4.com/sex-education) I can find nothing to actually help people to make the settings they are recommending. http://sexperienceuk.channel4.com/protect-from-porn tells you what you should do but not how - or how much good it will do.

The stats they quote on pornography (especially relating to kids exposure) is shocking - even allowing for some statistical massaging

That can’t be good - what can we do about it?