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LONDON, England (LifeSiteNews) – The daughter of a former British Home Secretary caused a media firestorm after tweeting “Someone needs to create porn for children.”
Flora Gill, the London-based journalist whose mother Amber Rudd, a former Conservative MP, served as Home Secretary from 2016–2018, posted the suggestion to her Twitter feed on Thursday.
“Young teens are already watching porn,” the 28-year-old observed in the since-deleted tweet. She lamented that these children view “hard core, aggressive videos that give a terrible view of sex.” Instead, Gill suggested children “need entry level porn! A soft core site where everyone asks for consent and no one gets choked etc.”
After receiving backlash from commenters on her social media profile, Gill, who hosts Times Radio talk show Split Opinion with her ex-MP mother, wrote a follow-up tweet in which she clarified that her use of the word “children” meant those “under 18. I’m talking about 14/15/16 year olds.”
This tweet was also deleted soon after publication.
Gill then posted another tweet, this one explaining that she had deleted the original message promoting porn for children so as not to get “swept up in another twitter cesspool.”
“Obviously not an actual solution,” she added, before affirming her position that the type of pornography viewed by teenagers is “a real problem.’”
apropos of nothing I really think if someone quickly deletes a tweet, it shouldn’t be screenshotted and shared like… just let it die, you know? no? no one else agree?
— Flora Gill (@FloraEGill) July 29, 2021
Despite her best efforts to quell the rage of the internet, thousands of Twitter users commented negatively on Gill’s posts. One reply read “Showing ANYONE under 18 ANY pornography is a form of non-contact CHILD ABUSE.” Another user agreed, stating that “All porn does is encourage harmful attitudes towards sex, but now she wants to damage children in the same way that porn has damaged so many adults…?”
Some others characterized her comments as advocating “gateway porn,” and many more suggested Gill delete her account immediately.
Among the replies, however, were some messages of support for identifying the problem of unfettered access to pornography even while rejecting Gill’s proposed solution.
“Whilst Flora Gill’s comments are a step too far, the point raised that children stumble upon hard-core pornography far too easily is definitely a valid one, and not enough has been done to protect children online,” one commenter said.
Former X-Factor winner Steve Brookstein expressed his delight that the original tweet was deleted, citing his own experience of abuse. “As a victim of abuse who was subjected to porn at a young age I can assure you that deleting that ill-informed tweet was the right thing to do. Think,” he wrote.
Gill responded to the outrage by posting yet another tweet, this time asking commenters to respect her removal of the original tweet by no longer saving and sharing her words.
“[A]propos of nothing I really think if someone quickly deletes a tweet, it shouldn’t be screenshotted and shared like… just let it die, you know? no? no one else agree?” she asked.
Absolutely not getting swept up into another twitter cesspool so deleted tweet before it picks up steam! Obviously not an actual solution, but it is a real problem. Everyone take a deep breath
— Flora Gill (@FloraEGill) July 29, 2021
Raheem Kassam, editor-in-chief of political news outlet The National Pulse, replied that Gill is “mentally unfit to live amongst people and should probably be in jail immediately” for her comments.
“Have a nice day, except don’t. And please leave children alone,” Kassam added.
In related news, the top brass at MindGeek, the parent company of Pornhub, the world’s largest pornography website, face a $40 million lawsuit for profiting from the illegal videos depicting rape and the sexual abuse of minors hosted on their platform.
The porn bosses defended themselves in a February hearing before the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. The Committee launched an investigation into the X-rated website after evidence came to light that Pornhub hosts content displaying child abuse and rape. Despite the evidence against them, including the testimony of some 40 sex abuse survivors, the company executives declared that the site is the “safest adult platform in the world.”
Laila Mickelwait of Exodus Cry, a group dedicated to abolishing sex-trafficking, has launched a hugely successful petition to have Pornhub removed from the internet and its executives held accountable for the criminal activity they have facilitated. The petition has already garnered over 2 million signatures.