Child Safety - Sextortion
Dear Parents,
There is an extreme rise in the reports to ESAFETY regarding “Sextortion” and scammers targeting children and young people. These issues are of great concern and headspace works closely with ESafety to guide families, schools, and young people toward the right supports.
Please see the helpful links and resources below.
You may have seen media recently about a number of suicides of young people who had been scammed hence why we are trying to educate young people (particularly young men) and parents carers about these rising issues.
HEADSPACE - resource for families is now live on our website,
How to help a young person experiencing sextortion | headspace
Sexual extortion guidance from ESafety
LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7192028821716410368/)
Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/C6fnVHjPvPf/)
X (twitter. (https://twitter.com/eSafetyOffice/status/1786260138237862102)
Online safety resources for parents: www.esafety.gov.au/parents
