Topic: Image Abuse

What is Image Abuse?

Image-based abuse is when someone shares, or threatens to share, intimateimages without the consent of the person in the photo. ... It includes images that were taken with and without a person's consent. This behaviour is a form of abuse. It is used to threaten, harass, objectify, abuse and coerce people.

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Image Abuse Products & Resources

Professionals Online Safety Helpline

Online Safety helpline for professionals who work with children and young people in the UK

So You Got Naked Online

A resource that offers strategies to support the issues resulting from sexting incidents

Report Harmful Content

An online platform for guidance around reporting harmful online content

Online Safety Podcast

Official SWGfL online safety podcast

Report Harmful Content Annual Report 2020

Report Harmful Content has just released its annual report into the findings surrounding harmful content online

Responding to & Managing Sexting Incidents

This guidance aims to help schools identify sexting incidents, manage them and escalate appropriately

Young People Pressured into Sending Nudes

A research programme on young people’s experience of sending and sharing nude and nearly nude images, otherwise known as sexting. Published December 2017