Around one in five teenagers who have sent nude or explicit 'sexts' say that they were coerced or blackmailed into it, a survey has reported. Around one in five teenagers who have sent nude or explicit 'sexts' say that they were coerced or blackmailed into it. Meanwhile, those who did not want to state their gender — accounting for 6 per cent of those polled — were the most likely to send explicit images, at 15 per cent. 'As society's most vulnerable are disproportionately likely to send images, it's crucial young people experiencing vulnerabilities are being fully supported.' Parents, she added, need to 'understand the pressures to send images that some of these children face.'

Source: Daily Mail June 18, 2020 23:04 UTC