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Text message using mobile 'phone image by DariuszSankowski
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  • Post category:Online safety / Relationships
  • Post published:October 9, 2014

40% of young people 13-18 in a ChildLine survey said they had created a sexual image or video of themselves, with about a quarter of all those questioned saying they had sent the image or video to someone else.

Source: Selfie sex text teens threatened with child sex charges @ BBC News

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