Playlist - Sexting

Learning objectives and key messages

Learning objectives

  • Understand the legal and ethical implications of using technologies and social media platforms to establish, maintain and manage relationships.
  • Understand that people have rights and responsibilities when using online communication platforms and tools to interact with others.
  • Understand the potential risks and consequences of sharing personal information and intimate images online, both with and without consent.

  • Understand the legal and ethical implications of using technologies and social media platforms to establish, maintain and manage relationships.
  • Understand that people have rights and responsibilities when using online communication platforms and tools to interact with others.
  • Understand the potential risks and consequences of sharing personal information and intimate images online, both with and without consent.

  • The use of online communication technologies has changed the way people interact, including how they interact in intimate relationships.
  • Everyone needs to know their rights and responsibilities and understand the role of consent and the impact of coercion when sharing and receiving intimate images and personal information.
  • Sharing personal information or intimate images with others through social media platforms and online technologies requires consent and trust.
  • There are clear and serious consequences if these laws are not understood and are broken.

Key messages

  • The use of online communication technologies has changed the way people interact, including how they interact in intimate relationships.
  • Everyone needs to know their rights and responsibilities and understand the role of consent and the impact of coercion when sharing and receiving intimate images and personal information.
  • Sharing personal information or intimate images with others through social media platforms and online technologies requires consent and trust.
  • There are clear and serious consequences if these laws are not understood and are broken.
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