The Metropolitan police has launched an initiative to educate young people about ‘sexting’ and the potentially negative consequences that can result for young people involved in peer to peer creation and sharing of explicit images.
Incidents of “Sexting” or Youth Produced Sexual Imagery [YPSI] – the sharing of sexual photos and videos of and by under-18s – are increasingly being brought to police attention, and due to under-reporting, the true figures are thought to be far higher.
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