Staying Safe Online

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Are you worried about the way someone has been communicating with you online?

Should I make a report top CEOP?

If you’re worried about online abuse or the way someone has been communicating online, let CEOP know.

CEOP is a place where you can report any inappropriate or potentially illegal activity with or towards a child online. This might be a conversation with someone online who you think may be an adult, and is treating a yourself/ another young person in a way which makes you feel uncomfortable, or you think may be trying to meet for sex.

Some examples of the reports that might be made to CEOP:

  • Someone online asked me to send a nude image

  • I shared a nude image with someone online and now they threatening me

  • Someone online kept asking me to meet them face-to-face, and I didn’t want to

  • Someone online was talking to me about sex and making me feel uncomfortable

  • Someone online put pressure on me to do things I didn’t want to do

  • Someone I met online was sending me pornography and making me feel uncomfortable

What happens when you make a CEOP Report?

The Government has set up CEOP to take these reports and make sure that young people are safe online. CEOP is staffed by specialist police officers and investigators. Your report will go to straight to them. They understand how easy it is to be tricked online and your report will be believed. A police officer/specialist investigator will be then be in touch with you.