Internet Safety

• Approximately one in seven youth online (10 to 17-years-old) received a sexual solicitation or approach over the Internet.

• Four percent (4%) received an aggressive sexual solicitation – a solicitor who asked to meet them somewhere; called them on the telephone; or sent them offline mail, money, or gifts.

• Thirty-four percent (34%) had an unwanted exposure to sexual material — pictures of naked people or people having sex.

• Twenty-seven percent (27%) of the youth who encountered unwanted sexual material told a parent or guardian. If the encounter was defined as distressing – episodes that made them feel very upset or afraid – forty-two percent (42%) told a parent or guardian.

• Two out of five missing children, between the ages of 14 and 17, are missing due to internet activity (Still verifying this one