Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Call to highlight the dangers of 'sexting' for teens...

The Corner, which offers health information and peer-led support for young people, carried out the research at the end of last year as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the problems sexting can cause, and to allow workers to get an idea of its scale.

More than 200 young people took part, of whom 85 said they, or a friend, had been affected by sexting, while 121 said they had not.

These included 34 of the 100 under-16s spoken to, and 27 out of 67 (40%) of under-20s.

The survey asked what sexting meant to young people, with 11 saying it meant sending naked pictures by text, four said it meant sending semi-naked pictures via instant messaging or Blackberry messages, and 14 said it meant having a sexual conversation via text, instant messaging or using Facebook. The vast majority – 177 young people (86%) – answered "all of the above".

Asked whether they could get in trouble legally for sexting, 72% of young people thought they could. Full story...

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