Crown International Relations Jakarta: Police warn of dangers of digital technologyA Story by xander1zinSource
Victoria
Police are warning parents and children about the dangers of sexting after four
teenagers were arrested for distributing an explicit image at a school in
Melbourne's western suburbs.
Police say
two students and two former students allegedly sent the image of a female
student to friends and fellow students.
The victim
believed the image no longer existed when it was brought to her attention in
May.
Three
17-year-old boys and a 16-year-old girl were arrested and interviewed last
month for knowingly communicating a private activity.
No charges
have yet been laid and the teens have been released.
As a result
of the investigation, police have uncovered two more incidents involving
explicit photograph sharing involving 14-year-olds.
Police
expect to make more arrests in those cases.
Detective
Senior Constable Steve Oakley says one of the girls involved was shocked her
image resurfaced a year after it was taken. i
"I
don't think there was that foresight as to where the image could end up,"
he said.
"They're
also using applications where you can send a file or an image between two
parties and they were under the impression the image would disappear after a
certain amount of time, which isn't the case."
He says
young people who text their image or sexual references do not consider the
longer-term consequences when that image is outside their control.
"It is
important to talk to your child about the appropriate use of technology,"
he said.
"It's
really about creating an environment where you and your child feel safe and
secure using electronic devices connected to the internet." © 2013 xander1zin |
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