Young people are sharing nudes for all kinds of reasons - with people they know and people they don't.
Those images are ending up in places they shouldn’t – with people who have no right to see them, let alone share them.
The Internet Watch Foundation have launched a campaign: Think Before You Share have a range of support and resources for young people, parents/carers and teachers.
Teenagers
- Report My Pics: Tool developed with NSPCC and Childline to report images online that need to be removed.
- FAQs for various scenarios and what to do
Parents & Carers
- Guidance on what to do if a parent or carer is worried about what their children are sharing online
Teachers
Includes:
Presentation which can be personalised
Posters to download as PDFs
More Resources provided by Think Before You Share:
- Learn more about the government guidance for those working in educational settings .
- Learn more about image-sharing online and watch this 10 minutes training video.
- Download our TALK checklist - a guide with advice and conversation starters to keep children safer online.
- Check this lesson plan and accompanying film exploring the issue of sexting, and download this resource addressing the sharing of sexual images.
- Download Harry’s story lesson plan concentrating on the issue of sexting.
- Call the Professionals Online Safety Helpline, for help with online safety.
- Tell your students about Report Remove – our online tool launched in partnership with Childline, supporting young people to take down nudes shared online.
- Download our SEND-focussed lesson plan.
- Check these resources to help education professionals to identify and respond when they have concerns of child sexual abuse or behaviour.
