Anti-porn attitudes among Polish Internet users. An initial research

This article is one of the first attempts to draw attention to the relatively new phenomenon of the Internet antiporn initiatives. These initiatives embody as websites and internet forums that gather Internet users who are negatively oriented towards pornography and often also masturbation, which in their opinion have destructive effects on many dimensions of life. However, the main aim of the article is not to describe the initiatives themselves, but to illustrate their recognition among Polish Internet users by using the virtual ethnography approach. In practice, this came down to the analysis of several online publications and several hundred comments of people involved or interested in the studied phenomenon. The publication also covers ethical and legal problems related to conducting Internet research on controversial topics.