High school students in Nova Scotia have created a video for other students meant to open their eyes to the dangers of sharing intimate images.
Released by the RCMP's youth cybercrime advisory committee, the video features students speaking both in groups and individually about the practice. The committee is a volunteer group made up of high school students from across the province and, identified sharing images as a significant concern, the RCMP said in a release.
There are two videos: one meant for youth audience and the other is for parents, guardians and those that work with youth.
“If someone's forcing you to do it, and like making you do it, that's not healthy,” one teen boy says.
“If someone is pressuring you to send something like that and they are a big part of your life and pressuring you, they shouldn't be a part of your life,” another teen says.
The teens in the video talks about the dangers of the practice, including sextortion, the images being shared widely at school or on the internet, or criminal charges for sharing or having child pornography.
“We’re asking Nova Scotians to share these videos with their social networks to discourage youth from requesting intimate images and to empower them to refuse requests for intimate images,” Const. Jeff Wilson, the the RCMP's provincial school safety resource officer said in release. “We also hope these videos to help adults better understand the issue and support the youth in their lives.”
The videos can be seen on the RCMP's Facebook page and on YouTube .
Police are asking people to share the videos with the hashtag #StopAskingStopSending.
