Online sexual abuse

Sometimes people with a learning disability are treated badly online.  

For example, they might be bullied or tricked into giving someone some money.

This is called online abuse .

Online abuse means the abuse takes place on the internet.  This can include by email, on social media (like facebook or TikTok) or in chat groups.

Someone might pretend to be your friend so that you trust them. 

They might try to make you do sexual things online. 

They might send you messages about sex, or naked photos or videos. 

They might ask you to send messages about sex, or naked photos or videos of yourself. 

You do not have to do anything sexual online. 

If there is anything you are not sure about, or anyone asks you to do anything sexual online, you should tell an adult you trust. 

If you have been sexually abused online, it is important to remember it was not your fault.

The next part of our sexual abuse guide is about how you might feel if you are sexually abused.

Or you can go back to the introduction to choose to go to a different part of the sexual abuse guide.