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Originally Posted by wyldweb
Interesting stats.
This one was unexpected though; "The largest group viewing online pornography is ages 12 to 17."
I wonder how they figure that one out..
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That statistic came from a white paper published several years ago. Nothing in the paper was original research or verified. They merely compiled statistics from various sources.
The claim that 12 to 17 year olds are the largest group of porn viewers was cited to a website operated by an affiliate pushing parental control software. This affiliate clearly was making up statistics to help push the software.
I recall being able to go right down the list of cited sources and each was questionable at best, yet members of the US congress and anti-porn crusaders have used the report in their arguments.