Young exposed to sexual imagery By Dominic Casciani BBC News Games consoles and mobiles should be sold with parental filters switched on to limit children’s exposure to sexual imagery, a Home Office review says. The study says that children are increasingly being exposed to material their parents do not know about. Read the original: Young ‘exposed to sexual imagery’ Children are being increasingly exposed to sexual imagery and their parents have limited opportunities to stop it, a report for the Home Office warns. The report calls for tougher regulation of sexual imagery in adverts and a ban on selling "lads' mags" to under-16s. It also recommends selling mobile phones and games consoles with parental controls automatically switched on. Author Dr Linda Papadopoulos said there was a clear link between sexualised imagery and violence towards females. Her report said the material children were being exposed to included the growth of lads' mags and pornography on mobile ...