Girls aged between 11 and 13 are increasingly being tricked and coerced into performing sexually over their own webcams, data suggests. The charity took action on 37, self-generated images of children last year. About 30, were of adolescents. Susie Hargreaves described the distribution of such images and films, often self-made in domestic settings, as a "national crisis". Often children were seen looking into cameras, reading messages asking them to do something and complying.

Sexting or taking, sending and sharing pictures via digital technologies could expose you to risk and can be considered a criminal offence, especially if it involves harassing people of any age. Find out what you can do to protect your privacy. Sexting or sharing photos online can be considered cyber bullying—which is a criminal offence if it involves using the internet or mobile phone to make threats, stalk someone or menace, harass or seriously offend them. If you think you are being cyber bullied get legal help or talk to someone who can help. Sexting can include images from film, movies, videos, photos, and digital images sent by SMS, email, chat rooms and publishing on blogs.

WSVN - Miramar Police have arrested a teenager accused of raping a year-old girl and leaving her in a coma before uploading a video of her naked to his Instagram story afterwards. Jorge Martinez, 18, of Atlantic Beach has been charged with sexual battery, giving a controlled substance to a minor and making or publishing child pornography. We have a year-old victim that basically threw a party. She shared the invite on social media. Unfortunately, it got out of hand.

Sexting or "sex texting" is sending or getting sexually explicit or suggestive images, messages, or video on a smartphone or through the Internet. Most teens have various ways to get online, Smartphones, tablets, and laptops all can be used in private. It's very easy for teens to create and share personal photos and videos of themselves without their parents knowing about it. Girls may sext as a joke, as a way of getting attention, or because of peer pressure or pressure from guys.