Anti-sexting app backed by police chief Alun Michael
Children may be at risk from requests to share sexual images by phone as parents do not understand the problem, a police and crime commissioner says.
South Wales PCC Alun Michael is backing ChildLine's Zipit campaign to help teenagers refuse requests to share explicit images of themselves.
Mr Michael said parents did not have to contend with camera phones when young and so may not know what to advise.
A Zipit mobile phone application offers advice for parents and children.
About six out of 10 children aged from 12 to 15 are thought to own a smartphone.
The charity ChildLine said "sexting" - the sending of intimate images or videos by mobile phone or online - had become so common "it is considered mundane".
The Zipit campaign is run jointly with the NSPCC and the Internet Watch Foundation.
A new Zipit phone app also offers advice on safe online chatting and on what young people should do if they feel threatened or if an image becomes public.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-24901065
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-24901065
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