The report, centres on interviews with 12 focus groups across Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, involving 95 teenagers aged 16 and 17. The revelations are part of Insights into digital harm: The online lives of New Zealand girls and boys - the first report in New Zealand of young people's experience with digital harm in their own words. Other gendered differences included:• Conflict was more likely to escalate online for girls, and offline for boys. Participants reported bullying, being pressured to send nude pictures, having nude photos spread beyond intended recipients, and being the subject of online stalking. "We have to understand more about how to prevent harm online, about how to keep safe, and what to do when it is not safe."

Source: Otago Daily Times December 01, 2017 06:56 UTC