Victims who are sent unwanted nude pictures are being encouraged to report the offences to police despite warnings that many young people do not realise it is abuse.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is urging people who are sent obscene images, have pictures taken up their skirt, get flashed in person, or sexually harassed in the street to turn to the criminal justice system. New legal guidance is being published by the CPS on Monday including a specific chapter on charges relating to public sexual abuse.
However, campaigners have warned that sending obscene pictures, colloquially referred to as d*** pics, is so common among young people that many do not realise it is abuse. Anti-cyber abuse charity Glitch wants the emphasis to be on education rather than potential prison sentences.
