News article: One in 10 UK parents say their child has been blackmailed online, NSPCC finds.

For a multitude of different reasons the advice we give to children and young people is to be careful with what they're sharing online, including images. This can be anything from protecting your privacy to very serious harms such as blackmail including sextortion. For example, an article in the Guardian refers to a report from the NSPCC where nearly 1 in 10 parents say their child has been blackmailed online and the National Crime Agency are receiving around 110 reports of sextortion each month.

That education we give to children and young people extends to parents, caregivers, schools and anyone else that may share data, such as images, of children. We must be mindful of the potential uses of that data.

Full article is available here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/28/one-in-10-uk-parents-say-child-blackmailed-online-sextortion-nspcc-finds