So my research was looking at young people’s perceptions of what is - or isn’t - illegal to post on social media. And the way that I did this research is: I went into schools, I spoke to 184 young people aged between 11 and 18…

Victim blaming, defending ‘free speech’ and perceptions that police didn’t act against online abuse were all common assumptions among children who thought there wasn’t any risk involved in sending abuse on social media.