September 4, 2026 — 7:30pm

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This letter comes with a sensitive content warning. It discusses sex, pornography and violence, and the importance of protecting teens from the excesses of the internet.

A few years ago, I interviewed a group of 16-year-old girls – with their parents’ permission – about sex and porn.

I’d been working on stories about schoolgirls who’d been sexually assaulted by their schoolmates. In a couple of cases, boys had put a hand to their throats. Experts were saying that easy access to violent porn was glamorising…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU