In may day the most we got up to was a case of “I’ll show you mine if ….”, boy have times changed for the worse of what!!!!
Police and children’s charities are increasingly worried about a trend dubbed “sexting”, where young people send explicit and indecent photos to each other using their mobile phones.
Police have warned that “people are losing control” of the images after new research from a children’s charity showed a quarter of all 11 to 18-year-olds have received a “sext” by phone or e-mail.
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) said that it receives daily reports of harassment after private photos have been circulated. The sexting images have then ended up on forums or social networking sites that are known to have been trawled by sex offenders.
The research from the children’s charity Beatbullying shows that nearly 40 per cent of young people said they had received a sexually explicit or distressing text or email. The survey of 2,094 young people in England, said 23 per cent of messages came from a current boyfriend or girlfriend, 45 per cent from friends and 2 per cent from adults.
Cases of sexting have emerged in the past in the US and Australia, revealing the consequences of the risky behaviour between teenagers. In January, six high-school students in Greensburgh, Pennsylvania were arrested on child pornography charges. Three were girls who allegedly took pictures of themselves, while three boys from the same school were found with explicit photos on their mobile phones by police.
Last year, Jessica Logan, 18, from Cincinnati, Ohio, killed herself after bullying from fellow pupils became unbearable. The naked pictures she took of herself and sent to her boyfriend ended up the hands of hundreds of her fellow classmates. She endured months of painful insults online and in person, describing her as a “porn queen” and “whore”.
Ceop said they were increasingly aware of the problem in Britain, and as part of a campaign to make children more aware of the risks from sexting and the internet, have spoken to million of children in schools across the country about the problems.
One British 16-year-old told the BBC that after sending a private video of herself to her boyfriend’s mobile, his friends spread the video after finding it on his phone. She said: “I’ve never really been able to live it down. People I have never met still shout and swear at me… I would just never do it again.”
Emma-Jane Cross, chief executive of Beatbullying, said: “We don’t want to inhibit young people in their exploration of sexuality, but it is important that parents and schools are aware that sexting is a significant issue amongst our children and young people, so together we can act to stop this kind of behaviour before it escalates into something far more problematic.” (Via Times)
Some people just don’t think 🙂
Has been all over the UK news today!!
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