• Provocative or inappropriate photos/

information

• Content showing drinking or drugs

• Bad-mouthing others

• Poor communication

• Discriminatory comments

• Lying about qualifications

• Sharing confidential information

my online status

The majority of

14-17 year old social network users

report posting personal information

online - especially photos of themselves

(67-68%).

1 in 10 ex-partners have

threatened to share sexts

online

60

% o

f th

em

act

ually followed through.

Females are more likely than males to post a photo

of themselves online

71% versus 58

%

Up to

88% of self-generated, sexually explicit images & videos

are uploaded onto other sites.

Damage to a person’s reputation

Damage to a person’s self-

esteem

Damage to relationships

Employment repercussions

Sexually explicit photographs being

spread to unintended audiences

hired a job candidate based on content found on a social networking site. The main reasons were:

35%of employers

HAVE NOT

1 http://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics-australia-april-2015/ • 2 http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Teens/How%20do%20I%20deal%20with/~/media/Cybersmart/Doc-uments/Documents/So%20you%20got%20naked%20online.pdf • 3 http://www.endrevengeporn.org/revenge-porn-infographic/ • 4 http://nobullying.com/sexting-in-australia/ •

1

2

4

3

Facebook

14,000,000

Tumblr

4,600,000

YouTube

13,700,000

Instagram

5,000,000 Twitter

2,791,300

Snapchat

1,070,000

N umbe

r of

Australian users

POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES