Digital Abuse

Sexting taught in school A.K.A Digital Abuse A forum said to protect teens from embarrassment and danger, has been established by the Elk Grove Youth Commission & Sacramento Valley High-Tech Crimes Task Force, which investigates child pornography. Parents were startled to learn 19 percent of teens have sent sexual texts, and 39 percent have posted sexually suggestive messages online, also one in seven children are solicited online and only twenty five percent of these students ever tell their parents. Trends like "sextortion," where teens are extorted into sending sexually explicit photos of themselves to online predators who have hacked their social network sites have become an issue said Detective Sean Smith.