This report outlines the methodology used for eSafety’s Young People and Pornography research series. The research is based on survey and focus group research conducted in September 2022.

The research was conducted to explore young people's current perspectives on online pornography, and their attitudes towards age assurance, by examining their lived experiences with pornographic content encountered online. This research contributes to the evidence base for the development of eSafety’s age verification roadmap and extends prior work conducted in the Australian context.

The objectives of the research were:

• to examine and provide insights into the lived experiences of young people in relation to their encounters with, and ideas about, online pornography
• to examine what support young people want in order to feel safe and prepared to navigate encounters with online pornography and to mitigate any potential harms that arise from these encounters
• to examine what young people think about age restriction and age assurance.