The United Nations has warned there's growing evidence teenagers in the Pacific are making and accessing mobile phone pornography.
A Tongan youth is currently before the courts having been charged with the production and distribution of pornographic videos on mobile phones.
It's believed Tongan police are also investigating four other pornographic related offences.
UN representative in the Pacific region Dirk Jena, has told Radio Australia's Pacific Beat during a recent visit to Vanuatu, mobile phone pornography was a concern among authorities there also.
"The issue is, it's spread through mobile phones and the people describe it as kind of spreading like an epidemic," he said.
"People compare it with how STIs (Sexually transmitted infections) have spread in the Pacific."
Some analysts estimate the spread of mobile pornography to by worth more than $US2 billion.
Mr Jena says the growing mobile population and the high proportion of young people in Pacific countries makes this an important issue for the region.
"The environment that the youth is growing up is so different from the past, so we have to adjust our programs," he said.
"That's why we want to bring this out, to get more reactions from the population on how we can deal with it."
Mr Jena also says concerns were raised about the role mobile phones and social media were playing in reshaping the relationships among young Pacific Islanders.
"The concern is that affects the school community - mainly the relationship between boys and girls," he said.
"Mobile-dating leads to more intercourse, especially at social events...and the concerns was how should we address that? Should we, in the schools ban this type of thing?
"We don't have the right answer at the moment, because not too much research has been done around this."
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