What is sexting?

Sexting is when people send or receive sexual pictures, messages, or videos through text messages, email, or social media platforms (e.g., Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, etc.). Sexting is one way to communicate in a sexual relationship and explore sexuality. Never assume sexts will stay private or are temporary. Once an image is sent, there is no limit to how much someone may share it and the image itself can live on forever. There may be no way to stop it from being sent around to a lot of people and there may be no way to get it back.