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Post by K19 on Jul 11, 2017 9:11:03 GMT
www.bbc.com/news/uk-40566026Thousands of children, including a boy aged five, have been investigated for sexting, the BBC has learned. Nearly 400 children under the age of 12 have been spoken to by police in the last three years in England and Wales. Figures obtained by the BBC show the number of cases where children have taken explicit pictures of themselves and sent them to others.
"We would urge any children who are worried to speak with a trusted adult or call 101." More than 4,000 children have been dealt with by police for sexting since 2013. The most common age of those involved is 13 or 14. A 10-year-old boy - only just at the age of criminal responsibility - has also been cautioned by Northumbria Police for sexting. The boy sent a sexual image of himself to an 11-year-old child using Oovoo - a free social media video and image sharing app. Greater Manchester Police recorded the highest number of child sexters with 695 cases looked into - including four seven-year-olds and four eight-year-olds.I guess we all knew it was happening but the numbers are huge. This is kids taking rude selfies and sending them to people. I don't know how many were enticed by the CTs of this world (or worse) but I'd imagine most were brought to the attention of the Police by complaints from parents who checked their kids' phones? The numbers, and the ages, are astonishing.
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Post by jamtart51 on Jul 11, 2017 11:03:47 GMT
My kids are 9 and 11 are not allowed to use any social media until they go to high school, their phone is only used if they are out playing so I can get hold of them and they only use their iPads in the living room so I can keep an eye on what theyr watching. Pretty horrifying kids so young doing this.
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Post by heartofoak on Jul 13, 2017 6:24:57 GMT
My kids are 9 and 11 are not allowed to use any social media until they go to high school, their phone is only used if they are out playing so I can get hold of them and they only use their iPads in the living room so I can keep an eye on what theyr watching. Pretty horrifying kids so young doing this. Jamtart fully support that but it is difficult to keep kids away with pressure from peers. At my daughter's school they started coding a year ago when they were seven. That just opens a whole Pandoras box. But in the middle of Silicon Valley some schools want to provide that extra help. They are already being educated on how to manage cyber bullying. Different world and I feel like a luddite.
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Post by jamtart51 on Jul 13, 2017 9:16:35 GMT
Oak, I don't even know what coding is? All my kids friends are using social media but maybe I'm lucky my boys are not too fussed that I put my foot down.
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Post by K19 on Jul 13, 2017 11:32:29 GMT
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