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Rights, Risks, and Responsibility Online

The Scale

• 7+ hours daily screen time (average teenager)
• 1 in 5 aged 11-17 received sexual messages online
• 60% have experienced cyberbullying
• Only 1 in 8 tell an adult — change that statistic

Online Safety Act 2023

• Tech companies now have a legal duty of care to users
• Especially strong protections for children
• Platforms must proactively remove harmful content
• You have rights online — use them

Online Grooming: How It Works

• Stage 1: Target — find someone lonely or vulnerable
• Stage 2: Build trust — seem caring and understanding
• Stage 3: Isolate — separate from real friends and family
• Stage 4: Control — threats, blackmail, shame
• Any stage: tell someone and it can stop

Sextortion

• Blackmail using intimate images — real or AI-generated
• 100% NOT your fault
• Do NOT send more — it makes things worse
• Report to CEOP: ceop.police.uk
• Police take this seriously — reports lead to arrests

If Something Goes Wrong

• 🌐 ceop.police.uk — online sexual exploitation
• 📞 Revenge Porn Helpline: 0345 600 0459
• 📞 Childline: 0800 1111
• 🚨 999 if in immediate danger

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Use them. Report. Tell someone.