Australian teen sexting pics

One in two teenage boys and girls have used a mobile phone to send a sexually explicit image of themselves, according to the biggest sexting survey undertaken in Australia. A survey found half of teenagers have sexted sexually explicit images of themselves. Most of the teens surveyed who had sexted said they sent the image to a person with whom they had a relationship. Forty per cent had sent a sext to more than one person in the past year. Only six per cent of sexters reported sending an image on to a third party for whom the picture wasn't originally intended.

Under the Australian law it is illegal to use your phone or internet to take, keep, look at, send, or ask someone to send sexual images or videos of anyone who is under 18 years of age or anyone who looks under the age of This law applies even if the photo or video is of yourself or if the person in the photo or video said it was OK. When sexting involves someone under 18 it can be considered child pornography. Sexting is also a crime when it involves harassing people of any age. New intimate image laws have been put in place in Western Australia, which make it against the law for intimate images or videos to be shared of anyone under the age of 16 or without the consent of the person in it.

Updated August 28, These days, younger and younger children are being given smartphones. I got my first phone when I was Most of my sister's year 6 class already own one.

Sexting or taking, sending and sharing pictures via digital technologies could expose you to risk and can be considered a criminal offence, especially if it involves harassing people of any age. Find out what you can do to protect your privacy. Sexting or sharing photos online can be considered cyber bullying—which is a criminal offence if it involves using the internet or mobile phone to make threats, stalk someone or menace, harass or seriously offend them.