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The rise and rise of Whatsapp: 300 billion instant messages are expected to be sent throughout 2014 – and that’s just in the UK
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 7.8.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | research/study, sexting, texting, WhatsApp, youth
Summary | Instant messaging has overtaken texting: The average British person sends just seven text messages a day compared to 46 instant messages. Popular apps are WhatsApp, Facebook messenger, and Viber. Many people have five messaging apps on their smartphones on average. The high amount of instant messaged sent can partly be explained by the flatrate cost rather than paying for every message individually. A Michigan University study shows that half of 18-24 year olds (over 3000 participants) engage in sexting.
Image Description | Photograph of a WhatsApp icon on a screen.
Image Tags | WhatsApp
Porn is now part of everyday life, say teenagers: Sexting is part of everyday life, say half of 18-year-olds
Newspaper | The Independent
Date | 20.8.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | pornography, sexting, threat, youth
Summary | 'Sexting' is only used in headline. Pornography is ubiqutous online. This is a huge problem because teenagers could receive the most part of their sexual education from pornography. This would likely lead boys to objectifying girls and girls to thinking that their value lies in their conforming to the body standards set by pornography. Teenagers need to be protected from unsolicited explicit material online and sex education should be improved.
Image Description | N/A
Child-friendly web backed by Scottish Government
Newspaper | The Scotsman
Date | 11.2.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, pornography, sexting, smartphone, threat, youth
Summary | Scotland's government along with several prominent companies and personalities are trying to raise awareness about educating children about internet safety. Only few parents discuss problems of online safety such as pornography or sexting with their children. Most importantly, youths should be taught about what they can do when they encounter content online that upsets them, that they can approach an adult, various help organizations available, or report inappropriate content.
Image Description | Photograph of a woman surrounded by schoolgirls learning about online safety.
Image Tags | female(s)
The graphic selfies from inside the Swiss parliament
Newspaper | BBC News
Date | 24.8.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | politics, pornography, sexting, WhatsApp
Summary | Switzerland saw two nude selfie scandals in and around politics this summer. A secretary working in the parlamentarian offices had been tweeting nude selfies taken on the premises. Parlamentarian and city mayor of Baden in Switzerland, Geri Müller, had been sexting with an online friend via WhatsApp, including an abundance of written messages and nude selfies. The Swiss public had been debating whether Müller's #selfiegate should have been newsworthy at all. What ultimately emerges is a double standard: the secretary lost her job within days and the mayor is still representing the Swiss people in parliament.
Image Description | Portrait of Geri Müller, Anthony Weiner, and a Thinkstock image of a hand holding a smartphone presumably taking a selfie.
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), selfie, smartphone
Secretary working in Swiss Parliament posted NAKED selfies to 11,000 followers
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 7.8.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | pornography, sexting, Twitter
Summary | A secretary working in the offices of the Swiss Federal Palace where the parliament convenes has been positing multiple nude selfies of herself on Twitter. One of her 11'000 followers recognized the backgroung as the office space in the Federal Palace. The woman in question feels that she has done no wrong as her Twitter activity is purely private and has nothing to do with her professional life. Experts think otherwise but no decision has been made yet about the secretaries professional ramifications.
Image Description | Image of the Federal Palace in Switzerland with a Swiss flag and the Alps in the background. A selfie where the woman in question flashes a nipple - both face and nipple are pixellated.
Image Tags | female(s), selfie
Swiss Parliament Employee Tweets Nude Workplace Selfies
Newspaper | International Business Times
Date | 6.8.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | pornography, sexting, Twitter
Summary | A Swiss secretary working in the Federal Palace in Bern, Switzerland, where the Swiss parliament meets has been posting nude images on her Twitter account. Some of the images were shot inside the offices of the Federal Palace. The unidentified woman has a large Twitter following of 11'000. Emplyment law experts are now debating whether the woman's misconduct was severe enough for her to have professional consequences.
Image Description | An image of the Federal Palace in Bern, Switzerland with a Swiss flag and the Alps in the background. Two topless images of the woman in question with her face and nipples pixellated/otherwise covered.
Image Tags | female(s), selfie
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