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Educator & Parent Tips to Prevent Sexting
Larry Magid and Anne Collier offer practical tips for educators and parents on how to prevent teen sexting (the sharing of nude photos by cell phone).
MTV's Digital Abuse Study [PDF]
As part of its multi-year publicity campaign to address the emerging issue of teen digital abuse, MTV partnered with the AP on a study that provides an in-depth look at the prevalence of digital abuse among young people today.
A Thin Line : www.athinline.org
MTV's campaign to educate teens about the dangers of SEXTING. The campaign was developed to empower teens identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse in their lives and amongst their peers. It is built on the understanding that there's a "thin line" between what may begin as a harmless joke and something that could end up having a serious impact on you or someone else.
Survey: One-Third of Youths Engage in Sexting
If you think the sexting phenomenon is growing, you’re not imagining it. According to a new survey, almost one-third of youths admit they’ve engaged in sexting-related activities that involved either e-mailing a photo or video of themselves in the nude or being the recipient of such images.
Youth using phones to harass and spy on partners
A survey of 1200 teens and young adults (conducted by Knowledge Networks for the Associated Press and MTV) found that 22% of the digital youth reported they have been targeted for digital abuse, either through cell phone, email or internet monitoring by someone they were dating. The study found that teens from single parent households were at the highest risk at being targeted for abuse.
Sexting’ bullying cited in teen’s suicide
Teen death is only the second known case of a suicide linked to bullying after “sexting” — the practice of transmitting sexual messages or images electronically. In March, 18-year-old Jesse Logan killed herself in the face of a barrage of taunts when an ex-boyfriend forwarded explicit photos of her following their split.
New Tack in fight against teen 'sexting'
Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Camden) has introduced three bills to curb the practice, called "sexting." The package is the latest in a wave of state legislation designed to help young users of the internet and electronic devices to avoid sex predators, bullies, stalkers and other dangerous contacts.
Area school officials consider how to combat sexting
School officials in the Calallen, Corpus Christi, Flour Bluff, and Tuloso-Midway independent school districts say their existing policy prohibiting cell phone use during school hours goes a long way to addressing any potential sexting problems. West Oso Independent School District Superintendent Michael Sandroussi said his district has a similar cell phone policy, but he thinks sexting is a serious issue that should be addressed. "Besides confiscation of phones, further disciplinary measures should be considered."
Sexting 101 - Miami Dade Schools to preach the dangers of `sexting'
The Miami-Dade school district wants to lead the nation on educating teens and parents about the consequences of sending nude photos over phones.
'Sexting' common among teens | Educators Struggle to Control the Trend
Painfully aware of this rampant trend, high school educators are very concerned about the impact sexting can have on teenage lives and are working urgently to address the problem by examining policies regarding cell phone use during school hours.
Ending the national panic on 'sexting' - Los Angeles Times
As the prevalence of sexting cases continue to come to light, many states are grappling to determine an appropriate punishment for this frightening new trend. With no federal law on the books, kids committing the same act in different states are finding themselves facing drastically different, sometimes life-altering, punishments.
Teen Online & Wireless Safety Survey [PDF]
Cox Communications commissioned Harris Interactive to conduct a survey among U.S. teens ages 13-18. Key objectives of this study were to:
•Examine teen’s online and cell phone behavior, specifically regarding:
• Sending sexually suggestive text messages ore emails
• Bullying others online or by text message
•Understand the relationship between teens and their parents regarding parental controls for the Internet
•Uncover how and why teens go online on their cell phone <br>
Download the complete 60-page report.
1 in 5 teens 'sext' despite risks
A new survey on kids in cyberspace finds that one in five teens have "sexted" - sent or received sexually suggestive, nude or nearly nude photos through cellphone text messages or e-mail.Most teens who sexted sent the photos to girlfriends or boyfriends, but 11% sent them to strangers, according to the study made public today by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and Cox Communications. Of teens who sext, 80% are under 18, the survey found.
Sexting Tips for Parents, Educators & Teens
Larry Magid and Anne Collier of ConnectSafely.org have put together HELPFUL TIPS TO PREVENT SEXTING for Educators, Parents and Students. They did a lot of research to pull these tips together, including talking with current prosecutors, a formal federal prosecutor and legal scholars and they include what-to-do advice for parents with kids involved. Getting teens the facts will help with the trend.
Sexting: fears as teens targeted
The new mobile phone phenomenon, dubbed "sexting", led to 32 Victorian [Australia] teenagers being charged with child pornography offences last year.
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The full extent of sexting has not been quantified, but a survey
by a teenage girls' magazine found 40 per cent of respondents had
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Police say sexting rates are already high, while Kids Help Line
says nearly half their bullying-related calls can be attributed to
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Sexting and Cyber Safety - School Library Journal
Gina Healy didn’t expect to hold an assembly with her middle schoolers about sexting. But after the school newspaper wrote about an alleged incident involving 8th graders sending nude photos over cell phones, Healy consulted with the Newton, PA, police department—and then talked to her students.
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The controversy around sexting is growing in part because of more incidents, but also because of the legal ramifications involved. Sending nude images of underage children through digital media can be considered child pornography, and those taking and transmitting the images can be charged—whether they themselves are underage or not.
'Sexting' laws need urgent review
The laws governing "sexting" should be overhauled so naive teenagers sending raunchy images are not lumped with serious sex offenders, experts say. Under current legislation children who send sexually explicit images or video of themselves to others can face child pornography charges and even be placed on the Sex Offenders Register.
The Institute for Responsible Online and CellPhone Communication
The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication (I.R.O.C.2) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating society about safety, self responsibility, and self accountability as well as the devastating and life altering consequences that can occur when failing to apply our concept of "Digital Responsibility 2.1C" while using the internet, cell phones and other digital technologies.
FOSI workshop on Online Safety: Sexting [video]
Stephen Balkam moderated a panel on sexting with Monique Roth, Department of Justice, Donna Rice Hughes, President and Chairman of Enough is Enough and Ting-Yi Oei, Assistant Principal at Freedom High School
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