A research project into online sexual harassment among teenagers across the UK, Denmark and Hungary, funded by the European Union, and carried out by Childnet, has found that online sexual harassment is widespread across the three countries, and that young people could be both victims and perpetrators.
Childnet has developed a range of resources, based on the findings, in collaboration with their youth advisory board, to help professionals working with young people, as well as parents and carers, to initiate "difficult but necessary" conversations around online sexual harassment.
Online sexual harassment can exist in many forms, including non-consensual sharing or taking of images, sexual threats, sexualised bullying – including gossip regarding a person’s sexual activity or orientation – and receiving unwanted sexual messages or content.
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