Gardaí urged to produce guide to sexualised code used by children for texting and on social media

Gardaí have been urged to produce a guide for parents on the code being used by their children to hold highly-sexualised interactions with their friends by text or on social media.

Fianna Fáil spokeswoman on children and youth affairs, Anne Rabbitte made the call after the Police Service of Northern Ireland produced a list of up to 100 terms it had encountered, to help parents become more aware of the hidden terms being used by children.

The acronyms, and several images, would appear innocuous to those who did not understand their meanings.