23 September 2024

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The Safer Schools safeguarding team has received reports about someone who may be acting inappropriately online. This individual is potentially masquerading as a child on social media in order to interact with children.

An unknown user, believed to be a male, is masquerading as a child on multiple social media platforms, including Instagram.

The individual appears to utilise a network of various personas across different profiles, using both AI-generated images of children that are heavily distorted on some accounts, and using real videos and images of themselves dressed up as a young boy or girl. The individual is dressed in a child’s school uniform in the images and videos, often in suggestive poses.

More information is on the link below:

Safer Schools Website Link