Is nude image-sharing among young people just one way of flirting in the digital age? Is it merely what any generation of young people would do if they had smartphone cameras and messaging apps?
Some people certainly think so. And in individual cases it may well be doing no harm. Technology, power dynamics, confidence and disadvantage all play a part in how the experiences of image-sharing can play out.
Revealing Reality have spent years researching young people's digital lives, below is the culmination of their research, sharing detailed evidence of what is happening, how and why it is happening and the impact that it can have. Revealing Reality can help people see that nude image-sharing is not, in many cases, just flirting.