What are the risks to children?

Accessing the internet and using mobile phones can put children at risk of:

• Seeing disturbing information or images
• Being the victim of online bullying (also known as cyberbullying)
• Being contacted and manipulated by an adult for sexual purposes (also known as grooming)

• Sharing personal and identifying information with strangers
• sending or receiving sexually explicit films, images or messages of themselves or others (this is known as sexting when sent by mobile phone)

Source: NSPCC