Whilst only 5% of teens in Australia 🇦🇺 New Zealand 🇳🇿 & the 🇬🇧 have actually sent nudes, 95% of the same teens think sexting is rife in their peer group. Sometimes the perception is greater than the reality - in the case of sexting, this is a good thing!
eSafety Commissioner
 @eSafetyOffice
24 Sep 2018
Only 5% of teens have sent a nude or nearly nude image or video of themselves to someone else. Current research findings from the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.Young people and sexting—attitudes and behaviours . Learn more: goo.gl/WgnkNx
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Replying to @tweetinjules
Interesting, it’s lower than estimates of US teens. Does Australia or NZ prosecute teens for sexting as “child pornography”? Eg aclu.org/blog/juvenile-justi…

Sep 24, 2018 · 1:56 PM UTC

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Replying to @bilcorry
In rare cases but I think this does not likely serve as a major deterrent 4 simply sharing nudes. What Australia has just done, however, is create serious new civil & criminal penalties for imaged based abuse which we do hope WILL serve as a deterrent 4 on-sharing w/out consent!
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I agree, likely not a deterrent, and a horrible way to deal with consensual sharing by minors.
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