A five-year-old is among nearly 400 children under the age of 12 to have been investigated by police for sexting.

Freedom of information requests by BBC Newcastle found there have been more than 4,000 cases of children taking explicit pictures of themselves and sending them to others since 2013.

It is illegal to possess, take or distribute sexual images of someone who is under 18, even if that person is yourself. Breaking that law can result in under-18s receiving a police caution or being put on the sex offender register.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.