10-Year-Olds Caught Sexting

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Children as young as ten have been caught ‘sexting’ classmates with X-rated photos of themselves, it has been revealed, Mirror Online reports

According to the media, one ten-year-old was cautioned by police after he sent rude images to an 11-year-old girl via a mobile phone video app called ooVoo. Another boy, 12, admitted using his mobile to send suggestive picture messages of himself to one of his girl classmates.

According to information released through a Freedom of Information request, the youngsters used a variety of apps – including Snapchat, Whatsapp, Instagram and instant messaging service MeowChat – to send the images.

One teenage girl from the area told how she was tormented by boys who sent her rude photos through Snapchat. The girl, who said she didn’t even know it was a crime, said: ‘Some of the pictures are revolting.
‘I’ve added boys on there who seemed nice when I started chatting to them, but soon enough they were just sending me disgusting picture after disgusting picture.’

Web safety campaigner Alexis Vanni said parents should engage with children if they discover they have been involved in sexting.
She said: ‘If you discover your child has sexted, don’t shame them, which can drive the behaviour underground.

Explain the risks – you never know what can happen once they are sent.’
Schoolchildren could face a criminal record if they send explicit pictures of themselves by text message or over social media.
Sharing explicit images of under-18s is an offence even if they are taken by the youngsters themselves.
Nationally, four in ten teachers said they were aware of pupils swapping explicit photographs, according to a survey last year.
The Internet Watch Foundation warned many images shared on the web reappear on other sites after being copied or hacked and are sold to paedophiles.

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk