Last updated by charlotte.lang@essex.gov.uk on Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Internet Matters has published a report on preventing ‘self-generated’ child sexual abuse material among 11- to 13-year-olds. The research included a literature review and panel discussions with 11- to 17-year-olds around effective messaging to help deter children from creating and sharing sexual images.

Key findings include:
• many children said there were barriers to learning due to how they were taught about sexual image-sharing in school, with smaller, gender-based group work preferred
• most were supportive of peer learning approaches, learning though games, and learning from those with lived experience on social media.