Sexting
Sexting
The practice of creating and sharing sexual images via technological devices, known as sexting, has received crescent attention in the past years, especially due to the increase of adolescent engagement in this behavior. Although consensual sexting is not prima facie a crime, as some research has shown, it has the potential to be a risky behavior, and a threshold to get exposure to dangerous kinds of victimization as sextortion, online grooming or cyberbullying. Read more.
Research Success
Key Issues
- Cyber bullying sexting and Facebook guide. Know the law, know your rights | Legal Aid Queensland"Cyber bullying is intentional and repeated cruel or hurtful behaviour that is carried out using technology, such as ... "
- Sexting, consent and young people’s ethics: Beyond Megan’s Story"This article contrasts the Megan’s Story campaign, a recent Australian media and policy response to sexting (the act of taking and transmitting naked or semi naked pictures via mobile phones) with interview responses drawn from an Australian study that has asked young people about mobiles and sexting..."
- One in seven teens are ‘sexting,’ says new research"Sexting is known as the sharing of sexually explicit images and videos through the internet or via electronic devices such as smartphones. One in seven teens report that they are sending sexts, and one in four are receiving sexts, according to our study of over 110,000 teens from around the world published today, Monday Feb. 26, in JAMA Pediatrics."
Catholic Church & Social Justice
Catholic Church & Social Justice
- Making it Real: Genuine Human Encounter in our Digital World"Jesus does not give a long list of rules and regulations, or a customised etiquette for how we should behave towards one another. He calls us first to something deeper – a way of living and a presence in this world that brings God’s love to each and every person we meet ... "
- Social Justice Statement 2019-20"The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement for 2019 – 2020, Making it Real: Genuine human encounter in our digital world, affirms the positive possibilities for encounter and solidarity offered by new digital media, while warning of those elements of our digital world that may be harmful ... "
- Seven themes of Catholic Social Teaching"The Church's social teaching is a rich treasure of wisdom about building a just society and living lives of holiness amidst the challenges of modern society. Modern Catholic social teaching has been articulated through a tradition of papal, conciliar, and episcopal documents ... "
- Pope tells web companies: use profits to protect children"... Pope Francis told executives of leading internet companies on Friday to use “their great profits” to defend children from sexual exploitation and other dangers lurking online."
Political Parties and Policies
Political Parties and Policies
- Sexting among young people: Perceptions and practices"The rapid development and adoption of online digital technologies has had a profound effect on the way young people conduct their social relationships. The emergence of sexting, or the distribution of sexually explicit photos and videos, has gained widespread attention and raised moral concerns ... "
- Image-based sexual abuse: Victims and perpetrators"In 2014, hundreds of private, intimate images of celebrities were posted to a US based website in exchange for bitcoins, a digital currency used to facilitate online transactions. The images had been stolen via a breach of Apple’s iCloud (an online platform for backing up photos from Mac devices) and were later disseminated by traders and sellers through social media sites including Twitter, Tumblr and Reddit ... "