Almost half of secondary school students 'frequently' asked to send sexually explicit images

Girls were more likely to be asked to send explicit images than boys, according to the survey of 848 teenagers. File picture

Most secondary school students have been asked to send sexually explicity pictures of themselves through text, email or applications such as Snapchat, and almost one-third have received sexually explicit images when they didn't want to.

The findings come from new research involving a survey of more than 800 teenagers here, with the authors warning that 'sexting' can have "devastating effects", especially for those receiving unsolicited images.