This National Child Protection Week, we’re urging young people to be considerate about sharing intimate images of themselves online and to make a report if it happens without their consent. ⁣ ⁣ It is illegal to share an explicit image or video of someone without their consent in Victoria – yet police are still seeing it occur, particularly among those under the age of 18. ⁣ ⁣ Figures from the Crime Statistics Agency show there were 310 intimate image-based offences involving victims under the age of 18 in the year to March 2024, compared to 251 the year prior. ⁣ ⁣ Detectives from the Sexual Offence and Child Abuse Investigation Teams (SOCIT) and Victorian Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (JACET) have been working tirelessly to investigate reports of the crime and support victims. ⁣ ⁣ In concerning trends identified by investigators, explicit photos and videos of underage students, shared with consent at the time, are later being further circulated online via social media to other stu...