A quarter of teens are now sexting – here’s why researchers say that’s pretty normal


  • TECH
  • Monday, 05 Mar 2018

Over 50% of Malaysian consumers feel anxious when their mobile devices are not close at han

Sexting – the practice of sharing sexually explicit images and videos of yourself or messages online or through smartphone apps – is on the rise among teenagers. 

That's according to new research published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, for which analysts conducted a meta-analysis of 39 existing studies involving 110,380 participants ages 12 to 18. 

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