Sexting is making sexually suggestive images and sharing these images using mobile phones or by posting them on the internet and social media. The images might be photographs of yourself or someone else naked or partially naked. You might think that sexting is something risky, dangerous and illegal. For teenagers, sexting is often fun and consensual.

This website uses cookies to help us give you the best experience when you visit our website. By continuing to use this website, you consent to our use of these cookies. Mostly there were the typical posts from his friends, the kind of stuff teenagers share on a Saturday night. But then, scrolling through his Stories, he saw something more sinister. A girl he knew loosely through a friend of a friend had posted a series of naked pictures. For a generation born into and immersed in social media, the boundaries of online sex are complicated.

A teenage hacker was found to have more than 4, child sex abuse images on his computer, police said. Brush, who is from Mohave County, Arizona, was recently charged with ten new counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after a forensic examination of his electronic devices revealed thousands of child sex abuse photos. Brush faces a minimum of ten years in prison for each count if he is found guilty of the ten sexual exploitation charges. He is also charged in an earlier case with two counts of sexual extortion, two counts of computer tampering, sexual exploitation of a minor and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. Brush was initially arrested after a year-old girl told police that her social media account had been hacked and inappropriate photos were removed, according to AZ Central.

But for teens who do sext, there are both psychological and legal risks, especially if coercion is involved and the images wind up being distributed beyond their intended audience. Sexting is certainly not just a teen issue, but these tips are specifically for teens and parents of teens. Scroll down for tips for both parents and teens. There are also cases where the teen is responding to peer pressure, bullying or even threats. In rarer cases, adults solicit images from teens.