Websex: What's the Harm?

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0:00:02 > 0:00:05This programme contains some strong language.

0:00:05 > 0:00:09'I'm Nathalie Emmanuel, I'm 22, and, like everyone else,

0:00:09 > 0:00:12'the internet's a big part of my life.' I love technology.

0:00:12 > 0:00:15I'm constantly using it, whether it's Facebook or Twitter.

0:00:15 > 0:00:19I'm constantly tweeting, probably about nonsense, but I can't help it.

0:00:19 > 0:00:22I'm addicted to it. 'I'm interested in how the web

0:00:22 > 0:00:26'is changing the most important, but private part of our lives...

0:00:26 > 0:00:28'our sex life.'

0:00:29 > 0:00:32In this film, I'm going to get

0:00:32 > 0:00:35right between the sheets of the secret world of websex.

0:00:35 > 0:00:38Unsociable gash, the girls that actually don't talk.

0:00:38 > 0:00:40The normal gash that I need...

0:00:40 > 0:00:43- They're called "gash"?- Yeah!

0:00:43 > 0:00:44It became quite addictive,

0:00:44 > 0:00:48and it was the danger and excitement of meeting up with people.

0:00:48 > 0:00:51I'll find out exactly who's doing what, and try out

0:00:51 > 0:00:55the newest technology that's making more possible than ever before.

0:00:55 > 0:00:57Oh, God! It's a penis!

0:00:57 > 0:00:59I'll ask big questions that up till now,

0:00:59 > 0:01:03nobody knows the answer to - how many people

0:01:03 > 0:01:06are using the web in their sex lives?

0:01:06 > 0:01:09What are they getting up to? And the biggest question of all...

0:01:15 > 0:01:19'When I was growing up in Southend, we were always talking about dating,

0:01:19 > 0:01:23'who fancies who and where the best boys were likely to be found.

0:01:23 > 0:01:28'But things have changed, and it's all thanks to technology.

0:01:28 > 0:01:31'For example, this is just a little something

0:01:31 > 0:01:34'I sent my boyfriend on my phone to remind him of me.

0:01:34 > 0:01:38'It's no big secret that social networking has turned

0:01:38 > 0:01:40'into sexual networking.

0:01:41 > 0:01:44'I'm plunging right into this world

0:01:44 > 0:01:47'so that I can meet some real people doing this stuff.'

0:01:48 > 0:01:51This is 18-year-old Raf, from Birmingham.

0:01:51 > 0:01:54For the last two years, he's used every social networking platform

0:01:54 > 0:01:59he can lay his hands on just to target girls...

0:01:59 > 0:02:02with impressive results.

0:02:02 > 0:02:04On my Blackberry, I've probably got over 95 women

0:02:04 > 0:02:08and I've probably got at least seven on the go.

0:02:08 > 0:02:11Stick to one girl? That's ridiculous. I'm young.

0:02:11 > 0:02:14You can't have a phone

0:02:14 > 0:02:17or BlackBerry or Facebook and not try and talk to females.

0:02:17 > 0:02:19It's just, who does that? You know what I mean?

0:02:21 > 0:02:23When I'm browsing on Facebook, I just look

0:02:23 > 0:02:26for any decent girl that looks pretty and of age, really.

0:02:26 > 0:02:29If they're not decent, I won't even bother trying.

0:02:29 > 0:02:32I talk to them, get them on BlackBerry Messenger.

0:02:32 > 0:02:33I'll be cool with them,

0:02:33 > 0:02:36see how their day was, all that blah, blah.

0:02:36 > 0:02:38I'm just going to say, "Do you want to go cinema?"

0:02:38 > 0:02:41Only Wednesday for Orange Wednesdays,

0:02:41 > 0:02:44cos I don't spend money on girls, never.

0:02:45 > 0:02:48I don't see anything wrong with trying to flirt,

0:02:48 > 0:02:49trying to have sex with girls.

0:02:49 > 0:02:53We're all young teenage boys with high urges, you know what I mean?

0:02:53 > 0:02:57And girls are probably talking to boys as much as we talk to them,

0:02:57 > 0:02:58you know what I mean?

0:02:58 > 0:03:01'Now I'm one of the girls who wants to talk to Raf,

0:03:01 > 0:03:02'and for our first meeting

0:03:02 > 0:03:06'he's promised to take me to one of his favourite places.'

0:03:06 > 0:03:10- Hi, nice to meet you, I'm Natalie. - I'm Raf.- You OK?- Yeah, wicked.

0:03:10 > 0:03:12'..which turns out to be somewhere in the local woods.

0:03:12 > 0:03:14'Where are we going?'

0:03:14 > 0:03:16Where are we? Why have you brought me here?

0:03:16 > 0:03:19The valley. This is like the master bedroom.

0:03:19 > 0:03:23Just sit there, have a little personal chat and hopefully

0:03:23 > 0:03:26- get something at the end. - Have you ever got anything?

0:03:26 > 0:03:28- Yeah, a blowjob one or two times. - How many girls

0:03:28 > 0:03:31have you brought here and got more than a snog?

0:03:31 > 0:03:33I'm not at the cinema, it's always here,

0:03:33 > 0:03:35so probably about 30 or 40.

0:03:37 > 0:03:40'I have to admire Raf's organisational skills.

0:03:40 > 0:03:43'He's turned his love life into a well-oiled machine.'

0:03:43 > 0:03:46Unsociable gash, the girls that actually don't talk.

0:03:46 > 0:03:50Normal gash that I need, the special people, you know what I mean?

0:03:50 > 0:03:54- I need to, like, categorise it. - They're called "gash"?- Yea.

0:03:54 > 0:03:56'But it's not just text messages

0:03:56 > 0:03:59'that Raf has to keep track of. Some girls send a whole lot more.'

0:03:59 > 0:04:03One girl who was texting, she kept on sending me dirty photos,

0:04:03 > 0:04:05and I was sending her dirty photos back.

0:04:05 > 0:04:07What do you think about that?

0:04:07 > 0:04:10They're just retarded. They're so stupid to send guys photos,

0:04:10 > 0:04:13unless you're in a relationship and you've got that trust.

0:04:13 > 0:04:16But if you've got no trust with a boy you don't know,

0:04:16 > 0:04:19why would you send a naked or dirty photo to a random guy,

0:04:19 > 0:04:20not knowing what the guy is?

0:04:20 > 0:04:23That's what I don't get with girls, but that's how dumb they are.

0:04:23 > 0:04:26But when I do get the photos, that's when I send it to my friends -

0:04:26 > 0:04:28"Look what this girl sent me".

0:04:28 > 0:04:29You pass them on?

0:04:29 > 0:04:33If I've passed that girl and moved on to the next, that's how I work.

0:04:33 > 0:04:37Wow. So you consider girls like levels?

0:04:37 > 0:04:39Yeah, most of the time.

0:04:39 > 0:04:43I love writing them on my list, my famous list - "Raf, I've done them."

0:04:43 > 0:04:47'Raf's highly organised internet dating techniques

0:04:47 > 0:04:48'are pretty shocking to me.

0:04:48 > 0:04:53'I realise I'm probably the first girl he's come clean to

0:04:53 > 0:04:56'about just how many women he's got in his sights.'

0:04:56 > 0:04:59Thank you for talking to me. It was really interesting.

0:04:59 > 0:05:01I hope you enjoyed the spot.

0:05:01 > 0:05:04Well, from what I've heard, I'm one of many, you know.

0:05:04 > 0:05:08'It's great that Raf's been so honest with me.

0:05:08 > 0:05:12'I've just never heard a guy talk that way about girls before.

0:05:12 > 0:05:14'But I'm sure Raf's not the only bloke

0:05:14 > 0:05:17'who goes for the maximum score in internet dating.'

0:05:21 > 0:05:24I want to hear as much as I can about the effect technology's having

0:05:24 > 0:05:28on people's sex lives. So I've invited lots of people together

0:05:28 > 0:05:32to talk openly, probably for the first time in their lives,

0:05:32 > 0:05:34about exactly what they're getting up to.

0:05:34 > 0:05:38So...who else has been sending sexy pictures?

0:05:40 > 0:05:43Yeah, I have received explicit images.

0:05:43 > 0:05:46I have sent an image in my underwear to a friend.

0:05:46 > 0:05:49And it felt OK, because I trusted him.

0:05:49 > 0:05:52In the past, when I have been sent images by girls,

0:05:52 > 0:05:55I have shown it to my mates.

0:05:55 > 0:06:00And what do girls think about the way boys flirt online?

0:06:00 > 0:06:03How can you add a girl without knowing who she is,

0:06:03 > 0:06:06knowing that she'll give up sex just because you added her?

0:06:06 > 0:06:09I don't understand the concept of that at all.

0:06:09 > 0:06:13They would say, "Oh, you're beautiful, you're this...

0:06:13 > 0:06:16"You're the best looking girl I've ever seen".

0:06:16 > 0:06:18I think guys use social networking for sex,

0:06:18 > 0:06:22and girls use it to find someone they can connect with.

0:06:22 > 0:06:24I see them as predators, to be honest with you.

0:06:29 > 0:06:31But what I really want to know now is,

0:06:31 > 0:06:36how do girls get what they want out of flirting online?

0:06:36 > 0:06:39And at first sight, you might be mistaken

0:06:39 > 0:06:42for thinking 18-year-old Caragh is a female version of Raf.

0:06:42 > 0:06:46She's always got her head buried in her laptop or BlackBerry.

0:06:46 > 0:06:48I'm addicted to my phone and Facebook.

0:06:48 > 0:06:50They're, like, my two best friends.

0:06:50 > 0:06:55I dread, like, the thought of my phone breaking.

0:06:57 > 0:07:01But Caragh's not just looking for meets with guys like Raf.

0:07:01 > 0:07:04She gets something else out of chatting to boys online.

0:07:04 > 0:07:07Bullying at school tore her confidence to shreds,

0:07:07 > 0:07:10and it only came back when she discovered

0:07:10 > 0:07:14that the computer in her bedroom unlocked a whole new world.

0:07:14 > 0:07:16After school every day,

0:07:16 > 0:07:19I used to go home feeling really, like, down about myself.

0:07:19 > 0:07:21And speaking to people online,

0:07:21 > 0:07:23kind of like knowing that I had friends online

0:07:23 > 0:07:26made me feel better about myself,

0:07:26 > 0:07:30cos I could come out of the whole school environment and go home and...

0:07:30 > 0:07:34just escape from it, basically. I used to stick my head in my computer

0:07:34 > 0:07:36and not come out until I had to go to bed.

0:07:36 > 0:07:40'For Caragh, the internet has helped her find guys who understand her

0:07:40 > 0:07:41'who she'd never normally meet.'

0:07:41 > 0:07:46I meet two or three new people a week, guys, mainly.

0:07:46 > 0:07:49So you enjoy that flirtatious banter with a new person

0:07:49 > 0:07:52- when you first start talking to them?- Yeah, I do.

0:07:52 > 0:07:55It's an easy and cheeky way of getting to know someone.

0:07:55 > 0:07:57Do you get guys going...?

0:07:57 > 0:08:00I get guys going, "You've got a brilliant figure, you could do this,

0:08:00 > 0:08:04- "you could do that". - How does that make you feel?

0:08:04 > 0:08:07It makes me feel good, I won't lie. It make me feel, "Oh, really?"

0:08:07 > 0:08:11- So it's a massive confidence boost. - Yeah, it is a confidence boost.

0:08:11 > 0:08:15But to try and get your attention, blokes will do really weird things,

0:08:15 > 0:08:19like they'll send pictures through of themselves and stuff.

0:08:19 > 0:08:23- What, like nude ones?- Yeah, and I'm just like, "Oh, that's disgusting."

0:08:23 > 0:08:25So have you actually met any nice boys,

0:08:25 > 0:08:27as in been your boyfriend?

0:08:27 > 0:08:32Yeah, I have. There was my boyfriend previous to the one I have now,

0:08:32 > 0:08:33my ex, obviously.

0:08:33 > 0:08:38I met him on Facebook. It was an internet...meet.

0:08:38 > 0:08:41- An internet romance. - Yeah, it basically was.

0:08:41 > 0:08:45Ultimately, are you looking for love online?

0:08:45 > 0:08:47Ultimately, everyone's looking for love.

0:08:47 > 0:08:50Are these all pictures of you here?

0:08:50 > 0:08:53These are my tagged photos.

0:08:53 > 0:08:57- Is that you?- Yeah, that was me as a kid, so embarrassing.

0:08:57 > 0:08:59'Chatting to guys on the web

0:08:59 > 0:09:02'needs a different approach from the real world.

0:09:02 > 0:09:07'So Caragh's learnt new ways of dealing with some of them.'

0:09:07 > 0:09:09He's really creepy.

0:09:09 > 0:09:11So's he.

0:09:11 > 0:09:13"Thought you looked sexy from your pic, but now I see

0:09:13 > 0:09:16"you've got a boyfriend, which is a massive shame,

0:09:16 > 0:09:19"as I certainly would love you naked in my bed."

0:09:19 > 0:09:21I just didn't reply.

0:09:21 > 0:09:23Just up front, and put it out there.

0:09:23 > 0:09:25I blocked him in the end,

0:09:25 > 0:09:28because I think he tried to message me after that.

0:09:28 > 0:09:30So you get that a lot, do you?

0:09:30 > 0:09:33Yeah, I do get things like that quite a bit.

0:09:33 > 0:09:36So do you find this whole thing really liberating

0:09:36 > 0:09:38and do you feel excited

0:09:38 > 0:09:43that guys you don't know are telling you that you're buff or whatever?

0:09:43 > 0:09:45Um, yeah, it's quite flattering.

0:09:45 > 0:09:49It makes me feel good, as it would anyone,

0:09:49 > 0:09:52that someone is saying that to you.

0:09:52 > 0:09:55'Caragh's been using social networking to meet guys

0:09:55 > 0:09:58'since school, but I want to know how many girls like her

0:09:58 > 0:10:01'and boys like Raf are out there,

0:10:01 > 0:10:03'and when do they start?'

0:10:03 > 0:10:06So far, I really haven't found much research

0:10:06 > 0:10:08being done into the use of Smartphone

0:10:08 > 0:10:10and the web for flirting and sex,

0:10:10 > 0:10:14which is amazing, seeing how much a part of modern life

0:10:14 > 0:10:15it seems to have become.

0:10:17 > 0:10:19But Professor Andy Phippen has done a big study

0:10:19 > 0:10:23to ask how young it starts, and what under 16s are getting up to.

0:10:23 > 0:10:27Well, I did a study around a year ago

0:10:27 > 0:10:30looking at sexting, people taking photos of themselves

0:10:30 > 0:10:33and sending them to a partner, and sometimes they get sent to others.

0:10:33 > 0:10:35That was talking to 14 to 16-year-olds.

0:10:35 > 0:10:38We spoke to around a thousand people with that study.

0:10:38 > 0:10:40What type of texts are going around?

0:10:40 > 0:10:43Well, it was anything, really, from bikini shots and underwear shots

0:10:43 > 0:10:45to topless shots to naked images,

0:10:45 > 0:10:49videos, people engaging in sexual acts. It was really across the board.

0:10:49 > 0:10:51There was a very blase attitude. We had a quote

0:10:51 > 0:10:54from one 14-year-old girl saying, "I like to fuck, get over it."

0:10:54 > 0:10:57'Andy's sexting research shows

0:10:57 > 0:11:00'that around 40% of 14 to 16-year-olds

0:11:00 > 0:11:02'know people who do it. But now,

0:11:02 > 0:11:05'he's planning a new study of young people my age

0:11:05 > 0:11:08'which he hopes will reveal brand-new information

0:11:08 > 0:11:10'about what we're getting up to online.'

0:11:10 > 0:11:14We want to understand the phenomenon of technology in relationships.

0:11:14 > 0:11:17Ten years ago, computers were that big and they were in people's homes,

0:11:17 > 0:11:20and the connectivity wasn't great. These days, in my pocket,

0:11:20 > 0:11:24I've got an iPhone that's more powerful than any of those computers

0:11:24 > 0:11:27ten years ago. You have mobile technology and mobile communications,

0:11:27 > 0:11:31and young people are using them and thinking, "What can we do with it?"

0:11:31 > 0:11:34which is why we're interested in terms of relationships.

0:11:34 > 0:11:38'Andy wants to get as many 16 to 24-year-olds as possible

0:11:38 > 0:11:39'to take part in the study.'

0:11:39 > 0:11:43Sex Night on BBC Radio 1Xtra...

0:11:43 > 0:11:45So I've got some help from Radio 1 to make it happen.

0:11:46 > 0:11:48Please welcome, everyone,

0:11:48 > 0:11:52the beautiful Nathalie Emmanuel to the show. Hi, Nathalie, how are you?

0:11:52 > 0:11:56We met a professor, Mr Andy Phippen, at Plymouth University,

0:11:56 > 0:11:58and he's doing an online survey.

0:11:58 > 0:12:05And my addiction to tweeting comes in handy yet again. It's worked.

0:12:05 > 0:12:08Overnight, hundreds of people have logged on

0:12:08 > 0:12:12to the anonymous study, giving Andy heaps of data to work through.

0:12:14 > 0:12:16I'm finding out

0:12:16 > 0:12:20that websex technology is developing really fast.

0:12:20 > 0:12:24A few years ago, you agreed to a date after a few nervous emails.

0:12:24 > 0:12:26Now I've discovered it can be totally instant.

0:12:28 > 0:12:30The latest Smartphone apps mean

0:12:30 > 0:12:34you could have a date with someone you're literally standing next to.

0:12:34 > 0:12:37Grindr, developed for the gay community,

0:12:37 > 0:12:40uses the latest GPS technology to put you in touch

0:12:40 > 0:12:44with other people in the area who are also looking to meet.

0:12:44 > 0:12:46It was launched in 2009 in the US,

0:12:46 > 0:12:49and quickly took off around the world.

0:12:49 > 0:12:53It's claimed there are over two million users worldwide.

0:12:53 > 0:12:58And Nick, from London, is one of its biggest fans.

0:12:58 > 0:13:03He took me on a tour of Soho, London's gay heartland,

0:13:03 > 0:13:06where there are more users of this app

0:13:06 > 0:13:08than anywhere else on the planet.

0:13:08 > 0:13:11I'd say all of my gay friends that have iPhones

0:13:11 > 0:13:13will have a Grindr account.

0:13:13 > 0:13:18Basically, you go online and then it updates your iPhone and tells you

0:13:18 > 0:13:23- exactly how far away you are from the nearest gay guy.- Oh, wow.

0:13:23 > 0:13:25'But I want to find out

0:13:25 > 0:13:29'what kind of choice you really get with an app like this.'

0:13:29 > 0:13:33As you can see, we've got quite a few guys

0:13:33 > 0:13:37in the general area, because we're in Soho.

0:13:37 > 0:13:39So they're all round here now?

0:13:39 > 0:13:40Yeah. So if you say, like,

0:13:40 > 0:13:44"Hey, I like this picture", click on it.

0:13:44 > 0:13:47And it's a torso pic, which is slightly worrying.

0:13:47 > 0:13:53- Where is he?- It says he's 450 metres away, Latino.- Ooh, like that.

0:13:53 > 0:13:57And he's currently single, and looking for dates.

0:13:57 > 0:13:59There are now a few apps like this,

0:13:59 > 0:14:01giving users the chance

0:14:01 > 0:14:05to scan their neighbourhood for people they like, and meet them.

0:14:05 > 0:14:08But how instant is it? Let's find out.

0:14:08 > 0:14:10Oh, look, I've got a message already.

0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Already? Ooh!- Here we go. 24, he's easy going.

0:14:13 > 0:14:15276ft away, so not far.

0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Ooh!- Hmm!

0:14:19 > 0:14:22Oh, my god.

0:14:22 > 0:14:25- we need to keep an update on who's getting closer.- I know, yeah.

0:14:27 > 0:14:29Oh, a response!

0:14:29 > 0:14:32This random guy who I've, like, never met before

0:14:32 > 0:14:35has just said he's at this place

0:14:35 > 0:14:37and we're going to go and meet him.

0:14:37 > 0:14:39That is quite weird.

0:14:39 > 0:14:42'Even working out who the actual guys might be is fun,

0:14:42 > 0:14:45'like a treasure hunt where the prize is a man.'

0:14:45 > 0:14:49- Ooh, where are you? - Yeah, where are you, man?

0:14:49 > 0:14:51Where the hell are you?

0:14:54 > 0:14:57So, he just said, "Are you in G-A-Y?"

0:14:58 > 0:15:00Which is that way, yeah?

0:15:00 > 0:15:03OK, so this guy is apparently 9ft away.

0:15:03 > 0:15:06Did he totally just walk past?

0:15:06 > 0:15:09That's not him standing on the corner, is it?

0:15:09 > 0:15:10Wait! Oh, my god!

0:15:10 > 0:15:14- Is that him? - Shall we go and ask?

0:15:14 > 0:15:16- Hi, is this you? - Yeah, that's me. How you doing?

0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Hey, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you too.

0:15:19 > 0:15:22We're just experimenting with Grindr.

0:15:22 > 0:15:24Yeah, to see how easy it is to meet guys.

0:15:24 > 0:15:28- It's very easy.- It is, yeah.

0:15:28 > 0:15:30So, what do you use it for mostly?

0:15:30 > 0:15:34- I dated someone from Grindr. - Really? Ooh!- Yeah.

0:15:34 > 0:15:37Do you like the look of Nick here? Would you...you know?

0:15:37 > 0:15:42- Well... So embarrassing! I'm with my friends.- Be honest.

0:15:42 > 0:15:44Go on! We're all friends here.

0:15:44 > 0:15:47Well, if I didn't like him, I wouldn't have replied back.

0:15:47 > 0:15:49Oh, this is true, this is true!

0:15:49 > 0:15:51There we have it.

0:15:51 > 0:15:53Result, result!

0:15:53 > 0:15:55'I'm amazed at how many guys

0:15:55 > 0:15:58'are coming up on the app on just one night...'

0:15:58 > 0:15:59Let me see his picture?

0:15:59 > 0:16:02'..and they're not bad looking either!'

0:16:02 > 0:16:06- Shall we go and ask?- Yeah. - OK, so they're like 5ft away.

0:16:08 > 0:16:11- Hey!- Hi.- You all right? - Hey. I'm very well.

0:16:11 > 0:16:14When you use Grindr, what are you looking for?

0:16:14 > 0:16:18Well, I can't... I'm not really looking for anything.

0:16:19 > 0:16:22Usually, when you go out, you don't know who really likes you.

0:16:22 > 0:16:26If you're quite a shy person, it's really good to know who likes you.

0:16:26 > 0:16:29Yeah, I agree. It's good, cos you know everyone who's on there

0:16:29 > 0:16:31is out there to meet other gay guys.

0:16:31 > 0:16:34- They're looking for what you're looking for.- Yeah.

0:16:36 > 0:16:38The amazing thing about these new apps to me

0:16:38 > 0:16:41is it's like the world of dating has become a big shopping mall.

0:16:41 > 0:16:43Loads of choice, easy to use,

0:16:43 > 0:16:47whether you're in a big city like London,

0:16:47 > 0:16:50or right out in the countryside.

0:16:51 > 0:16:5424-year-old Becky lives here in Somerset.

0:16:54 > 0:16:59But now, that doesn't necessarily mean there's less choice

0:16:59 > 0:17:02about who she meets and how she has fun.

0:17:02 > 0:17:06My first, I would say, internet hook-up, I was about 15.

0:17:06 > 0:17:09What was the appeal of it for you?

0:17:09 > 0:17:13To begin with, it was to see if people actually liked me.

0:17:13 > 0:17:16If they liked how I looked, how I was and everything.

0:17:16 > 0:17:18And then, after a while, it became quite addictive

0:17:18 > 0:17:22and it was the danger and excitement of meeting up with random people

0:17:22 > 0:17:24and just doing whatever.

0:17:24 > 0:17:28It was over a span of six years, I actually met up

0:17:28 > 0:17:30- with about 40 or 45 people. - Oh, wow.

0:17:30 > 0:17:34I didn't realise until not that long ago how many people it was.

0:17:34 > 0:17:36It actually shocked myself.

0:17:36 > 0:17:38And did you sleep with all of these people?

0:17:38 > 0:17:40Yes, I did. Yeah.

0:17:40 > 0:17:44So this was going on while you had a boyfriend, or...?

0:17:44 > 0:17:47- Yes, it was going on. - You mean you were cheating on them?

0:17:47 > 0:17:50Did you not get a little bit guilty at moments?

0:17:50 > 0:17:54Only a few of the relationships lasted about two or three months.

0:17:54 > 0:17:56Those ones I didn't feel guilty about.

0:17:56 > 0:18:01But looking back at it now, I know I was the one in the wrong

0:18:01 > 0:18:04and I do feel really guilty.

0:18:04 > 0:18:07I feel just like a horrible, horrible person for doing it.

0:18:07 > 0:18:11What was the moment for you that made you come to this conclusion?

0:18:11 > 0:18:14I'd just come out of a relationship where it was the first time

0:18:14 > 0:18:16I was 100% faithful to him

0:18:16 > 0:18:20and I found out that he'd been doing

0:18:20 > 0:18:23what I'd been doing in my past.

0:18:23 > 0:18:26He'd been using the internet to talk to girls, swapping pictures,

0:18:26 > 0:18:31all sorts. It just changed my perspective on the whole thing

0:18:31 > 0:18:34and because I was on the other side of it,

0:18:34 > 0:18:37I now know how my ex-boyfriends have felt

0:18:37 > 0:18:41and how I've made them feel, and what they think of me.

0:18:41 > 0:18:45Would you have gone behind your boyfriends' backs

0:18:45 > 0:18:49if the internet wasn't there? Did it make it easier for you to do?

0:18:49 > 0:18:51It made it a lot easier.

0:18:51 > 0:18:55- It makes it so easy to cheat? - Yeah, definitely.

0:18:55 > 0:19:00Everyone's got sort of an aspect in them that may wander at one point,

0:19:00 > 0:19:03but the internet does make it too easy, yeah.

0:19:03 > 0:19:08So far, I've seen several ways the web is changing our sex lives.

0:19:08 > 0:19:11How we meet people and how many we meet.

0:19:13 > 0:19:16But I still need to know the big numbers.

0:19:16 > 0:19:18Who's using the internet like this

0:19:18 > 0:19:20and what are they really getting up to?

0:19:20 > 0:19:24Professor Andy's websex study is the first of its kind.

0:19:24 > 0:19:27He's asked nearly 900 16 to 24-year-olds from across the UK

0:19:27 > 0:19:32how they're using the internet in their sex lives and relationships.

0:19:32 > 0:19:34And the headline figure is this.

0:19:34 > 0:19:37An amazing 80% of those asked

0:19:37 > 0:19:40have used either a Smartphone or the web

0:19:40 > 0:19:42for some kind of sexual contact.

0:19:42 > 0:19:45This is the first time anyone's ever had

0:19:45 > 0:19:48any kind of figures about how widespread websex is.

0:19:48 > 0:19:51When I saw you before, I was saying we want to understand

0:19:51 > 0:19:53if this is mainstream or deviant behaviour,

0:19:53 > 0:19:56and I think definitely we can say it is mainstream.

0:19:56 > 0:19:58What have you found?

0:19:58 > 0:20:00The vast majority said technology

0:20:00 > 0:20:02had a positive impact on their relationship.

0:20:02 > 0:20:05Interestingly, the vast majority also say

0:20:05 > 0:20:08people behave more promiscuity online than offline

0:20:08 > 0:20:11and they behave differently online than offline.

0:20:11 > 0:20:14I have to agree with that. I mean, a lot of my friends say that

0:20:14 > 0:20:17social networking destroys relationships. I have to agree.

0:20:17 > 0:20:21I certainly think some of our results will support that.

0:20:21 > 0:20:25We are having quite a lot of people saying that

0:20:25 > 0:20:28online activities cause problems in their offline relationships.

0:20:28 > 0:20:30Interestingly, around 20% of people

0:20:30 > 0:20:33are saying they've met their current or previous

0:20:33 > 0:20:35- sexual partner online.- Oh, wow.

0:20:35 > 0:20:38One of the things that really surprised us

0:20:38 > 0:20:41is, because it's new technology, of those who use webcams

0:20:41 > 0:20:45in explicit interactions, 40% of them were happy do that

0:20:45 > 0:20:48- with a stranger. - Are you talking about websex?

0:20:48 > 0:20:52Yes. In a lot of cases, it will be with a stranger.

0:20:52 > 0:20:55Wow, that's a lot. That's a lot more than I thought it would be.

0:20:55 > 0:20:58That's actually really surprising.

0:20:58 > 0:21:00We asked the question

0:21:00 > 0:21:04if you have met up with a stranger online and then offline,

0:21:04 > 0:21:07what is it you're meeting up with them for?

0:21:07 > 0:21:11Not the majority, but certainly a large proportion of them,

0:21:11 > 0:21:14said they met up for casual sex. So we found that quite alarming.

0:21:14 > 0:21:18If we're talking about a large percentage of the population

0:21:18 > 0:21:21of this age meeting, then it does demonstrate

0:21:21 > 0:21:24a very relaxed attitude to sexual relationships

0:21:24 > 0:21:27and is technology facilitating it?

0:21:27 > 0:21:30What we're saying is, in a few years, it's gone from

0:21:30 > 0:21:33no-one using this technology, because it wasn't possible,

0:21:33 > 0:21:36to a large number of people using this to engage in such practices.

0:21:36 > 0:21:39But also there's a pushing of the boundaries with it.

0:21:39 > 0:21:42All right, we're doing this. It's becoming mainstream.

0:21:42 > 0:21:44What else might we do with it?

0:21:44 > 0:21:47That's interesting. This is what's happened in this time frame.

0:21:47 > 0:21:50What's going to happen in another ten years?

0:21:50 > 0:21:54What's going to be possible? What sort of things will people be doing?

0:21:54 > 0:21:58According to the study, more than one in ten

0:21:58 > 0:22:02reveal they've met a stranger off the internet for casual sex.

0:22:02 > 0:22:06It's easy to see why this is a thrill that's gone online.

0:22:06 > 0:22:08People say there's something more exciting

0:22:08 > 0:22:10about meeting a stranger.

0:22:10 > 0:22:15But it's also the thing that lands some people in a place like this,

0:22:15 > 0:22:19seeing Dr Chris Scott at one of Britain's busiest sex clinics.

0:22:19 > 0:22:23So is websex making any difference to the number of people he sees?

0:22:23 > 0:22:26Currently, we're seeing a massive increase

0:22:26 > 0:22:29in sexual infections in the UK. Year on year in the past few years

0:22:29 > 0:22:33we've seen a rise in gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis and HIV.

0:22:33 > 0:22:35We haven't necessarily seen a rise in sexual infections

0:22:35 > 0:22:39because of social networking. There has been an association with this,

0:22:39 > 0:22:42but no research has been done specifically looking at

0:22:42 > 0:22:44whether using web sex or web sex apps

0:22:44 > 0:22:46has increased sexual infection transmission in the UK.

0:22:46 > 0:22:49Why hasn't there been research before?

0:22:49 > 0:22:52Probably because social networking sites are being used

0:22:52 > 0:22:56for different purposes. Previously, they were a way of keeping in touch

0:22:56 > 0:22:59with friends and family and not used for the purpose of meeting up

0:22:59 > 0:23:02and starting relationships or having sex.

0:23:02 > 0:23:04There's been some studies coming from The States,

0:23:04 > 0:23:06showing possibly an association

0:23:06 > 0:23:09between people using social networking sites

0:23:09 > 0:23:12and increased rates of infections, particularly syphilis.

0:23:12 > 0:23:15'I want to know, are there any good things

0:23:15 > 0:23:18'about the way technology is changing our sex lives?

0:23:18 > 0:23:20'Using webcams on phones for video or cyber sex -

0:23:20 > 0:23:24'surely that's totally STI-free?'

0:23:24 > 0:23:27Obviously, it's a safe form of sex. There's no sexual contact,

0:23:27 > 0:23:29so there's no risk of sexually transmitted infection

0:23:29 > 0:23:32and people can explore their sexuality as well.

0:23:32 > 0:23:35There's good information out there on the internet about sex.

0:23:35 > 0:23:37So what do you think the future is

0:23:37 > 0:23:40with this relationship between the internet

0:23:40 > 0:23:42and sexually transmitted infections?

0:23:42 > 0:23:44The internet's not going to go away.

0:23:44 > 0:23:47I think more and more people are going to use these sites

0:23:47 > 0:23:50to meet other people. Are they fuelling a rise

0:23:50 > 0:23:53in sexual infections? The answer is possibly yes.

0:23:53 > 0:23:56I don't think they're making you have unprotected sex,

0:23:56 > 0:24:00but I certainly think the opportunity is there to take risks.

0:24:00 > 0:24:04They're meeting people impromptu and spontaneously, perhaps not

0:24:04 > 0:24:07thinking about their sexual health when they're having sex.

0:24:09 > 0:24:13It sounds like the world's safest form of sex

0:24:13 > 0:24:16is right here on the internet,

0:24:16 > 0:24:20using webcams. And looking about, it seems like there's been

0:24:20 > 0:24:22quite an explosion in the amount of sites

0:24:22 > 0:24:25hooking up strangers using cams.

0:24:25 > 0:24:28The websex study reveals that over 50% of those asked

0:24:28 > 0:24:30have used webcams for cybersex.

0:24:30 > 0:24:33And over a third of them do it with strangers.

0:24:33 > 0:24:37But it's something few people want to talk about in public.

0:24:39 > 0:24:42I'd never, ever do that in my life. I'd never do that.

0:24:42 > 0:24:46I just think that's really weird.

0:24:46 > 0:24:50I defiantly reckon more people do it than admit to doing it.

0:24:50 > 0:24:53My friends have long distance relationships

0:24:53 > 0:24:55and they use camming to masturbate.

0:24:55 > 0:24:57I don't agree with camming sites.

0:24:57 > 0:24:59Why do you need to do that on websites?

0:24:59 > 0:25:02Why can't you just keep it to yourself?

0:25:04 > 0:25:08'But 23-year-old Cain is happy to talk in detail

0:25:08 > 0:25:11'about using these camming sites for explicit fun.

0:25:11 > 0:25:15'He used to do it regularly and can't see anything wrong with it.'

0:25:15 > 0:25:19I'd start off with innocent flirting and talking about life,

0:25:19 > 0:25:22and, towards the end of the night, it's really sexual.

0:25:22 > 0:25:24You know, I'd start asking to see tits,

0:25:24 > 0:25:27"Oh, get naked on camera. I'd get naked too, let's go for it."

0:25:27 > 0:25:31Once you're naked, it's like, "Might as well take this further."

0:25:31 > 0:25:34So I'd literally just go, "Let's wank.

0:25:34 > 0:25:38"You can do whatever. We'll watch each other, it'll be fun."

0:25:38 > 0:25:40- Right, cool.- I've got a naked girl in front of me.

0:25:40 > 0:25:45What's in my mind, the worries and doubts - gone, with the nakedness.

0:25:47 > 0:25:50'Now I'm going to give this webcamming a go...

0:25:51 > 0:25:53'..but I think I might keep my clothes on!'

0:25:53 > 0:25:57How are you?

0:25:57 > 0:26:00I've got a feeling... Oh, he's a guy.

0:26:00 > 0:26:03- And he's 20.- He's 20.

0:26:03 > 0:26:05OK.

0:26:05 > 0:26:07Do you think he's going to be...?

0:26:07 > 0:26:09You see?

0:26:09 > 0:26:12Straight away, he's put, "Horny?"

0:26:12 > 0:26:15- Question mark! - Question mark, question mark!

0:26:15 > 0:26:17- Pretty much, that's how it goes. - Just jump...

0:26:17 > 0:26:19"Hello, how are you? I'm female, my age."

0:26:19 > 0:26:21"I'm horny, are you?"

0:26:21 > 0:26:23Not really, no.

0:26:25 > 0:26:28He'll disconnect from you, but he'll connect to someone else

0:26:28 > 0:26:31and, if they say no, he'll connect to someone else.

0:26:31 > 0:26:34It will go on like that. Plenty more fish in the sea.

0:26:34 > 0:26:36If someone says no, you just move on.

0:26:36 > 0:26:40'Cain first began using the internet for sex in his early teens.

0:26:40 > 0:26:44'He started with chat and moved onto cameras later.'

0:26:44 > 0:26:48How did you get into using the internet for web sex

0:26:48 > 0:26:49with people online?

0:26:49 > 0:26:53I think, because I was really shy, I used the internet

0:26:53 > 0:26:55to teach me about sex and how to use it.

0:26:55 > 0:26:59It just gave me that training ground to test anything

0:26:59 > 0:27:04I wanted to try with a woman without being in person and get hit.

0:27:04 > 0:27:08I would be quite wary of going on camera with somebody

0:27:08 > 0:27:12- I didn't know. I think I'd find that quite...- Unnerving?

0:27:12 > 0:27:16Yeah, I'd find that a bit scary, actually.

0:27:16 > 0:27:19'Cain shows me a recently introduced website

0:27:19 > 0:27:22'where you get connected randomly to people

0:27:22 > 0:27:25'who are also on their cams.'

0:27:25 > 0:27:27Oh, my god!

0:27:27 > 0:27:30- It's a penis! - HE LAUGHS

0:27:30 > 0:27:33I've disconnected from that.

0:27:33 > 0:27:36I'm actually going to go red, it's so funny.

0:27:36 > 0:27:38- HE LAUGHS - No, no!

0:27:38 > 0:27:40No, that was wrong, sorry.

0:27:40 > 0:27:45It was like he was ready to go. He was aroused and ready to go.

0:27:45 > 0:27:47A room full of girls, hello.

0:27:47 > 0:27:50Where you from?

0:27:52 > 0:27:55- Oh, she didn't want to talk to you. - Yeah, it's as simple as that.

0:27:55 > 0:27:57Try another one...

0:27:59 > 0:28:01..and a cock again!

0:28:01 > 0:28:04HE LAUGHS

0:28:05 > 0:28:08- Another one there. - It's Wednesday afternoon.

0:28:08 > 0:28:10Are people just at home, just...?

0:28:10 > 0:28:13- It's all over the world as well. - Yeah, but still...

0:28:13 > 0:28:16See? Another one. They're everywhere!

0:28:17 > 0:28:21- I'm OK. - Yeah, that's just a bit weird.

0:28:21 > 0:28:23I knew that it goes on.

0:28:23 > 0:28:25I've just never seen it so in my face before.

0:28:25 > 0:28:28But it was very amusing.

0:28:28 > 0:28:32I do understand why people find it quite funny and exciting so...

0:28:32 > 0:28:35I can kind of see why people do it

0:28:35 > 0:28:40but I'd be very conscious of doing anything explicit over the internet,

0:28:40 > 0:28:42because I'd be quite wary of that.

0:28:42 > 0:28:46I don't know if it's because I'm a girl or cos...

0:28:46 > 0:28:50I don't know, I just find it a bit like, creepy almost.

0:28:52 > 0:28:54From my experience today,

0:28:54 > 0:28:57I'd say there are loads more men than women doing this,

0:28:57 > 0:29:00and very few people are willing to show their face...

0:29:00 > 0:29:02just other bits of their body.

0:29:03 > 0:29:06In fact, being open about your identity in the websex world

0:29:06 > 0:29:08is obviously an issue for quite a lot of people.

0:29:08 > 0:29:11Fake profiles and pictures are common

0:29:11 > 0:29:13and, with around 30 billion pics

0:29:13 > 0:29:17uploaded to Facebook alone last year, this is hard to stop.

0:29:18 > 0:29:21A victim of this is glamour model Brandy.

0:29:21 > 0:29:26She's constantly battling people who are stealing her online images.

0:29:26 > 0:29:29They pretend to be her on social networking sites

0:29:29 > 0:29:32and write graphic messages in her name.

0:29:32 > 0:29:36Well, basically, I've had to report quite a few Facebook fakes

0:29:36 > 0:29:38and I'm pretty sure that they're having

0:29:38 > 0:29:41online sexual relationships with guys.

0:29:41 > 0:29:46- So what type of things have "you..." - Yeah! The fake me!

0:29:46 > 0:29:50..the fake "you" been saying to these men?

0:29:50 > 0:29:55Well, there's one of like my model pictures of me on a bed writing

0:29:55 > 0:29:57and it says, "Oh, just got in from school,

0:29:57 > 0:29:59"writing a list

0:29:59 > 0:30:02"of all the boys I satisfied behind the bike shed."

0:30:02 > 0:30:03And then...

0:30:03 > 0:30:06"Call me for sex."

0:30:06 > 0:30:09And like, "I'm going to give you a blow job," stuff like that.

0:30:09 > 0:30:11It's crazy! D'you know what I mean?

0:30:11 > 0:30:14It is laughable, but when I'm reading it I'm like,

0:30:14 > 0:30:17"Who the fuck is saying this shit about me?

0:30:17 > 0:30:20Obviously, I wouldn't write that on the internet about myself,

0:30:20 > 0:30:23d'you know what I mean? I've got respect for myself.

0:30:23 > 0:30:26Then my boyfriend showing me it in black and white, saying,

0:30:26 > 0:30:28"Well, it's there, you can't deny it!"

0:30:28 > 0:30:31and I'm like, "It is there, but I haven't put it there."

0:30:31 > 0:30:34So how many times has this actually happened to you now?

0:30:34 > 0:30:39Well, up till now, it's six Facebook fakes that I've had to report.

0:30:39 > 0:30:43Have you ever met anybody that thinks that they know you

0:30:43 > 0:30:45because they've been talking to the fake profile?

0:30:45 > 0:30:48Sometimes I get a little bit freaked out when I'm on the Tube.

0:30:48 > 0:30:51Like, I was on my way back home from a shoot.

0:30:51 > 0:30:54I was sat there and this guy was literally in my face, like this,

0:30:54 > 0:30:57like closer than we are now and I'm thinking,

0:30:57 > 0:30:59"Oh, my God, is this one of those freaks

0:30:59 > 0:31:02"that thinks they're having an online sexual relationship with me?"

0:31:02 > 0:31:04I was just like, "Oh, my God!"

0:31:04 > 0:31:08I could've been "speaking" to him last night and he could be thinking,

0:31:08 > 0:31:12"Are you going to give me my blow job you promised me last night or what?"

0:31:12 > 0:31:13It must be quite upsetting.

0:31:13 > 0:31:16It is. It makes me feel physically sick at times.

0:31:16 > 0:31:20It's horrible that somebody out there is impersonating you.

0:31:22 > 0:31:24'Brandy's been lucky so far -

0:31:24 > 0:31:27'she's been able to remove her pictures when they've been misused.'

0:31:29 > 0:31:32But once any image is uploaded onto the web,

0:31:32 > 0:31:35it can be very hard to take down, and could stay there for ever.

0:31:35 > 0:31:38Which means it could appear anywhere,

0:31:38 > 0:31:41or be seen by anyone, like friends or future employers.

0:31:43 > 0:31:47And I've now heard that webcam images may not be safe either.

0:31:47 > 0:31:50This is computer expert Tristan Webb.

0:31:50 > 0:31:53It's really easy to think that when you are talking to somebody

0:31:53 > 0:31:55you're just talking to them

0:31:55 > 0:31:59but you may not be just talking to them, cos they could be recording

0:31:59 > 0:32:02everything that you are doing on your webcam.

0:32:02 > 0:32:04They can do what's called a screen cap.

0:32:04 > 0:32:06They hit record on their computer

0:32:06 > 0:32:10and they capture everything that's coming across their desktop.

0:32:10 > 0:32:14So I could be speaking to somebody online via a webcam

0:32:14 > 0:32:17and they could be recording and I would have no idea,

0:32:17 > 0:32:19and then that could end up anywhere, I guess?

0:32:19 > 0:32:21It could go anywhere.

0:32:21 > 0:32:23In fact, there's lots of sites

0:32:23 > 0:32:27where people just post videos of screen caps.

0:32:28 > 0:32:30A quick Google search

0:32:30 > 0:32:33and Tristan brings some of the sites up on screen.

0:32:33 > 0:32:35- This is so easy to do.- Oh!

0:32:35 > 0:32:37So these people don't know that they're on there?

0:32:37 > 0:32:39No.

0:32:39 > 0:32:40That is...

0:32:40 > 0:32:42That is awful.

0:32:42 > 0:32:45If that was me I think I'd feel...

0:32:45 > 0:32:48I'd be devastated, I'd be embarrassed,

0:32:48 > 0:32:50I'd but upset, I'd be angry.

0:32:50 > 0:32:52You'd just have to live with that humiliation.

0:32:52 > 0:32:55You may never even find out that someone's done that

0:32:55 > 0:32:58and, in fact, you wouldn't even know if I put this

0:32:58 > 0:33:02on one of those video sites I showed you earlier, would you?

0:33:02 > 0:33:05Unless someone told you and you found out the hard way.

0:33:08 > 0:33:12It's pretty scary that some people would go to all this effort.

0:33:12 > 0:33:15I'm wondering how common it really is.

0:33:15 > 0:33:17A victim of it has got in touch with me,

0:33:17 > 0:33:21frightened to be identified because of what had happened to her.

0:33:23 > 0:33:26Basically, it started when I joined an online site,

0:33:26 > 0:33:28after I'd broke up with my ex-boyfriend.

0:33:28 > 0:33:33Sending pictures led to just doing things on webcam, obviously.

0:33:33 > 0:33:36- Like webcam sex?- Pretty much, yeah.

0:33:36 > 0:33:39They were sending pictures back

0:33:39 > 0:33:42but whether it was them or not is dubious.

0:33:42 > 0:33:46- OK, so you didn't get any alarm bells then to say...?- No.

0:33:46 > 0:33:49It'd just be, "Oh, my cam's broken," or, "I don't have one."

0:33:49 > 0:33:51I thought nothing of it, really,

0:33:51 > 0:33:55until one of them who I'd been texting to for a while

0:33:55 > 0:33:58- told me that he wasn't who I thought he was.- Right.

0:33:58 > 0:34:02He said, "I've been using this fake profile" and that kind of thing.

0:34:02 > 0:34:04What had been going on was,

0:34:04 > 0:34:07they'd been posting the pictures I sent onto a website

0:34:07 > 0:34:10and they'd also videoed me while on cam,

0:34:10 > 0:34:12which I didn't think was possible to do

0:34:12 > 0:34:14and then sharing the videos around

0:34:14 > 0:34:16with thousands of other people on the same forum

0:34:16 > 0:34:19and they could then download them to their phones.

0:34:19 > 0:34:21It's what they call a faux porn site,

0:34:21 > 0:34:24where they post pictures of girls who they know from everywhere -

0:34:24 > 0:34:27ex-girlfriends, Facebook, absolutely anywhere -

0:34:27 > 0:34:30they're getting as many as they can from every source they can think of.

0:34:30 > 0:34:34So, are they physically seeking out people

0:34:34 > 0:34:37to then exploit in the way that they did you?

0:34:37 > 0:34:42Yes, they goad each other into it and tip each other off about people

0:34:42 > 0:34:45that will actually do the things that they want them to do

0:34:45 > 0:34:48and then different people will target them with fake profiles

0:34:48 > 0:34:51or fake MSM addresses to try and get them

0:34:51 > 0:34:54to do the things that the other guys have got them to do.

0:34:54 > 0:34:58- Did you find out who did it?- Yes, I identified two people who'd...

0:34:58 > 0:35:01Well, one who'd attempted and one who actually had,

0:35:01 > 0:35:04cos obviously, we'd met each other as friends and things like that.

0:35:04 > 0:35:06I was upset and angry at the same time,

0:35:06 > 0:35:10so a lot of yelling and a lot of crying, basically.

0:35:10 > 0:35:14But he didn't seem too bothered by my reaction.

0:35:14 > 0:35:16He said he didn't owe me an explanation

0:35:16 > 0:35:19and that he'd done nothing wrong.

0:35:19 > 0:35:22Can you tell me a bit about how you felt

0:35:22 > 0:35:27when you first discovered that your videos and images had been posted.

0:35:27 > 0:35:31Complete mortification. I felt sick - "Who's seen them?"

0:35:31 > 0:35:35If where I worked got hold of them, what would then happen?

0:35:35 > 0:35:38Maybe I'd end up losing my job, what other people would think.

0:35:38 > 0:35:41What if my friends and family had found out?

0:35:41 > 0:35:45Did you have to contact the site yourself to get them taken down?

0:35:45 > 0:35:49I did, yes. I contacted the admin. They kept saying things like,

0:35:49 > 0:35:52"Oh, we don't really like taking pictures of girls like you down,"

0:35:52 > 0:35:55and things like this but they did remove it.

0:35:55 > 0:35:57However, getting the videos deleted

0:35:57 > 0:36:00from the external servers they'd been uploaded to

0:36:00 > 0:36:01was a lot more difficult.

0:36:01 > 0:36:04It took the person who'd done it to get that removed

0:36:04 > 0:36:07despite several e-mails to the server's website.

0:36:07 > 0:36:10How could they not understand what it's done to you?

0:36:10 > 0:36:16Why'd you think they were being so blase and...uncaring about it?

0:36:16 > 0:36:19Well, they seem to think that whatever the girl sends

0:36:19 > 0:36:22is theirs to distribute as and how they want.

0:36:22 > 0:36:26They seem to think, "These gorgeous slags, they'll do."

0:36:26 > 0:36:27This, that and the other.

0:36:27 > 0:36:31- They thought you'd asked for it, basically?- Pretty much.

0:36:36 > 0:36:40This case isn't the only example of a darker world on the internet,

0:36:40 > 0:36:42where text messages, pictures and videos

0:36:42 > 0:36:45can fall into the wrong hands.

0:36:45 > 0:36:48The academic study shows that nearly 10% of those asked

0:36:48 > 0:36:52have had pictures or videos of them passed onto others,

0:36:52 > 0:36:54and half of those were to complete strangers.

0:36:58 > 0:37:00This can cause embarrassment and humiliation.

0:37:00 > 0:37:02People have lost relationships,

0:37:02 > 0:37:05moved jobs and even towns because of it.

0:37:06 > 0:37:08But what kind of person would do this?

0:37:08 > 0:37:10Well, it seems it could be anyone.

0:37:10 > 0:37:14Meet Peter, who decides to get revenge on a girlfriend

0:37:14 > 0:37:16using some of her pictures.

0:37:16 > 0:37:19So tell me a little bit about what happened.

0:37:19 > 0:37:22Basically, it was a while back now...

0:37:24 > 0:37:27..my girlfriend, basically, she cheated on me with someone -

0:37:27 > 0:37:31a sort of friend of mine who I'd actually introduced her to.

0:37:31 > 0:37:33She was very into her Facebook,

0:37:33 > 0:37:35so I decided a good way to get her back would be...

0:37:35 > 0:37:38I knew her password and I had some intimate photos

0:37:38 > 0:37:41that had been taken during sex, that sort of thing.

0:37:41 > 0:37:46I thought a good way to do it would be to change her profile picture

0:37:46 > 0:37:50to a picture of her playing with herself,

0:37:50 > 0:37:53fully naked, it was quite graphic.

0:37:53 > 0:37:59I also changed her status, sort of, occupation, those sort of things.

0:37:59 > 0:38:01To what?

0:38:01 > 0:38:06I can't remember 100% but it was sort of along the lines of like,

0:38:06 > 0:38:10"I love sucking cock, I sucked like, 50 cocks last night,"

0:38:10 > 0:38:12just that sort of thing.

0:38:12 > 0:38:16You can kind of imagine just the general tone of it.

0:38:18 > 0:38:22In my opinion, I do think what you did

0:38:22 > 0:38:25was bang out of order in a lot of ways.

0:38:25 > 0:38:30I mean, she allowed you to take an image of her in an intimate setting

0:38:30 > 0:38:35and then, you know, you kind of... breached that intimacy,

0:38:35 > 0:38:36and I know that she did first,

0:38:36 > 0:38:43but I just feel like that is taking it to some next level...thing.

0:38:43 > 0:38:48I am aware that it's a bit... a bit of a bad thing to do.

0:38:48 > 0:38:51I felt a certain level of justification...

0:38:51 > 0:38:53Because she had cheated on you?

0:38:53 > 0:38:56Yeah. In the heat of the moment, that sort of thing.

0:38:56 > 0:38:59People can save those images and post them on other sites,

0:38:59 > 0:39:00like porn sites.

0:39:00 > 0:39:04How would you feel if that had happened to your ex-girlfriend

0:39:04 > 0:39:07as a result of what you did?

0:39:07 > 0:39:11At the time, it probably would have been a good thing.

0:39:11 > 0:39:15Now, I'd obviously feel very bad about it because we're friends now.

0:39:15 > 0:39:18People as a result of this type of thing

0:39:18 > 0:39:21have had to, like, leave their area,

0:39:21 > 0:39:24have had to move schools from bullying.

0:39:24 > 0:39:27In some cases in America, people have actually attempted

0:39:27 > 0:39:30or have successfully taken their own lives.

0:39:30 > 0:39:33I mean, how would you feel if it had gone to that extent?

0:39:33 > 0:39:38Em... I'm not too sure, I didn't really think about that at the time.

0:39:38 > 0:39:42This is breaking it down for me, actually, it's bringing remorse home.

0:39:42 > 0:39:45I'll have to go and ring her afterwards.

0:39:45 > 0:39:49It wasn't the nicest thing, wasn't the nicest thing to do.

0:39:51 > 0:39:54I kind of get the impression that we...

0:39:54 > 0:39:57highlighted a lot of things to Peter

0:39:57 > 0:40:00that he probably would never have thought of...

0:40:00 > 0:40:04and I think we got him thinking a little bit about the repercussions -

0:40:04 > 0:40:08short term and long term - of placing that picture.

0:40:10 > 0:40:13Peter just seems like a normal bloke, but it's amazing

0:40:13 > 0:40:16what people can do in the heat of the moment on the web...

0:40:16 > 0:40:21And it could affect so many of us. Half of the people in the study

0:40:21 > 0:40:24send pics regularly to friends or partners...including me.

0:40:24 > 0:40:30But if things do go seriously wrong, what laws are there to protect you?

0:40:30 > 0:40:34Felicity Gerry's a leading barrister specialising in sexual offences.

0:40:35 > 0:40:40From a legal point of view, websex - what is the harm?

0:40:40 > 0:40:43There's nothing wrong with sex, everybody does it,

0:40:43 > 0:40:47and sometimes the modern way of doing it is online, um...

0:40:47 > 0:40:50That of itself is not a crime.

0:40:50 > 0:40:54The issue arises often when one of the parties involved is underage,

0:40:54 > 0:40:56or if there's some sort of harassment or bullying,

0:40:56 > 0:40:58that sort of thing.

0:40:58 > 0:41:01Sexting, for example, is or can be

0:41:01 > 0:41:04the distribution of indecent images of children,

0:41:04 > 0:41:09because the law prohibits sending messages, indecent messages,

0:41:09 > 0:41:14sexual messages, if a person is under 18.

0:41:14 > 0:41:19Would someone be prosecuted if they had done that type of thing

0:41:19 > 0:41:22with someone they didn't know was under 18?

0:41:22 > 0:41:24It would depend on the circumstances

0:41:24 > 0:41:28as to whether it would be in the public interest to prosecute

0:41:28 > 0:41:30but the mere fact of sending an indecent image

0:41:30 > 0:41:34of someone under the age of 18 could be a crime.

0:41:34 > 0:41:36If someone who's under 18 says,

0:41:36 > 0:41:39"Oh, I want to send a picture of myself to my boyfriend,"

0:41:39 > 0:41:40does that apply to them also?

0:41:40 > 0:41:44Well, I suspect in theory, yes, but I think it's very unlikely

0:41:44 > 0:41:46that something like that would be prosecuted.

0:41:46 > 0:41:49Where it tends to arise, and I'll use a boy as an example,

0:41:49 > 0:41:53is investigated for having underage sex.

0:41:53 > 0:41:56The girl doesn't want to complain, it was a consensual affair,

0:41:56 > 0:41:59but as part of the investigation his phone is seized,

0:41:59 > 0:42:02or his computer's seized because they've been chatting online

0:42:02 > 0:42:06and the police discover that he's got lots of images

0:42:06 > 0:42:09of lots of underage girls that he's been exchanging with his mates.

0:42:09 > 0:42:12It could then be that the police take the view

0:42:12 > 0:42:15that it's in the public interest to prosecute

0:42:15 > 0:42:18- because of the amount of distribution that there is.- Wow.

0:42:18 > 0:42:22'But the law can only go so far where websex is concerned.'

0:42:22 > 0:42:25You can't say, "Cross your legs till you're 16,

0:42:25 > 0:42:29"switch your webcam off till you're 16,"

0:42:29 > 0:42:30but you can try and say,

0:42:30 > 0:42:35"Don't masturbate on camera and don't do anything underage"

0:42:35 > 0:42:37and educate them as to what the risks are

0:42:37 > 0:42:40cos they don't always know who's at the other end.

0:42:41 > 0:42:45'I've seen the world of websex constantly changing,

0:42:45 > 0:42:48'and, whatever you want on the web, you can almost certainly get.

0:42:48 > 0:42:52'And now I've found one site where webcam sex has gone to a new level.

0:42:52 > 0:42:57'Girls AND boys invite not just one but hundreds or thousands of viewers

0:42:57 > 0:42:59'to watch them perform online.

0:42:59 > 0:43:02'These performances can sometimes get very explicit

0:43:02 > 0:43:04'and, on certain websites,

0:43:04 > 0:43:07'you can get paid by each viewer to reveal more.'

0:43:11 > 0:43:15'After months of searching, I've been contacted by a girl

0:43:15 > 0:43:17'who agreed to talk anonymously

0:43:17 > 0:43:21'about exactly what she does on these websites and why.

0:43:21 > 0:43:24'She told me when her next performance would be,

0:43:24 > 0:43:27'so I log on somewhere else to see what she does.'

0:43:29 > 0:43:33I think she is extremely brave. I mean, it must take

0:43:33 > 0:43:37a lot of confidence to do this for complete strangers.

0:43:37 > 0:43:40But she has got quite a following

0:43:40 > 0:43:42and they seem to be really enjoying it, so...

0:43:45 > 0:43:49Oh, someone just put, "Show us some clunge". Please!

0:43:49 > 0:43:51'After the performance ends,

0:43:51 > 0:43:54'I'm invited round to her bedroom to see where it all happens.

0:43:54 > 0:43:58'Though she's happy to perform openly online

0:43:58 > 0:44:02'to thousands of people, she wants to talk anonymously to me.'

0:44:04 > 0:44:07How long have you been doing the camming?

0:44:07 > 0:44:12I initially started when I was still 17, so for the past two years.

0:44:12 > 0:44:15What type of things do you do on these cam sites?

0:44:15 > 0:44:18Well, whatever I feel comfortable with, usually,

0:44:18 > 0:44:22which tends to be gradually getting naked and then some various

0:44:22 > 0:44:25sort of masturbation, whatever they fancy watching.

0:44:25 > 0:44:27Why do you do camming?

0:44:27 > 0:44:30Just because it's quite exciting, I suppose,

0:44:30 > 0:44:32it's such a huge confidence boost

0:44:32 > 0:44:36to have all these people saying all these nice things.

0:44:36 > 0:44:38It's nice to be found attractive by all these people.

0:44:38 > 0:44:42- Do you have a boyfriend?- Yes, I've been with him for three years.

0:44:42 > 0:44:45How does he feel about the camming?

0:44:45 > 0:44:47He was a bit upset when he first found out,

0:44:47 > 0:44:51but he has come to terms with it, mostly, since then

0:44:51 > 0:44:54- and he's OK with it, mostly.- So would you consider it to be cheating?

0:44:54 > 0:44:56Er, no, I wouldn't.

0:44:56 > 0:45:00'I want to see what happens on screen when you're the performer,

0:45:00 > 0:45:02'so she switches her cam on one more time.'

0:45:02 > 0:45:06This is the first website I started using.

0:45:06 > 0:45:08You make yourself a little profile essentially

0:45:08 > 0:45:12and when you're ready you can hit the broadcast button there...

0:45:13 > 0:45:15..and the webcam connects.

0:45:15 > 0:45:19So how many people are watching you now?

0:45:19 > 0:45:23Apparently there's about 160 users on, watching me right now.

0:45:23 > 0:45:27Oh, look, "Hey, baby" - bit flirtatious there.

0:45:27 > 0:45:30Yes, a lot of "babe", it's always "babe"... "I'm very horny man."

0:45:30 > 0:45:33OK. So he's just jumped right in.

0:45:33 > 0:45:36"Too warm for that cardigan, best take it off."

0:45:36 > 0:45:41- Slightly cheeky one.- > There are a few good lines. Yeah.

0:45:41 > 0:45:46To be honest, there will always be a request for that one step further.

0:45:46 > 0:45:48No matter how naked and masturbating I was,

0:45:48 > 0:45:51there is always somebody who'd want something else.

0:45:51 > 0:45:53- Something even more?- > Something more, yeah.

0:45:53 > 0:45:56I met a guy and he was showing me

0:45:56 > 0:45:59something called capping, or screen-capping.

0:45:59 > 0:46:02- Have you heard of that before?- Yes.

0:46:02 > 0:46:05I have actually been capped myself, apparently.

0:46:05 > 0:46:08- I'm sure people do it all the time. - And that doesn't worry you?

0:46:08 > 0:46:10No, not really.

0:46:10 > 0:46:13I'm sure if I was going to go into some high-up career,

0:46:13 > 0:46:16like politician or something, it would worry me.

0:46:16 > 0:46:18So long as people keep it to themselves,

0:46:18 > 0:46:20I can't see anything they're going to do with it.

0:46:20 > 0:46:23You can't guarantee they're going to keep it to themselves.

0:46:23 > 0:46:29Well...equally I can't see any harm that's going to come of it, really.

0:46:29 > 0:46:33Some people might look at that and go, "That's wrong"

0:46:33 > 0:46:37or, "You've gone too far there" - how would you argue that?

0:46:37 > 0:46:40I wouldn't. They're right in saying no if that's what they like,

0:46:40 > 0:46:43but I'm quite happy doing it.

0:46:43 > 0:46:46I'm quite happy talking to people and getting a confidence boost.

0:46:46 > 0:46:49You're not hurting anyone, so...

0:46:49 > 0:46:52Yeah, exactly. This is what I quite enjoy doing in my spare time,

0:46:52 > 0:46:55yeah, like you say, not hurting anyone else.

0:46:57 > 0:47:01It's still shocking to me that people do do it.

0:47:01 > 0:47:04But you know, from what I've seen and from that site,

0:47:04 > 0:47:09a lot of people ARE doing it. I mean, she's getting 6,000 views -

0:47:09 > 0:47:13that's a lot of people just to see this one girl,

0:47:13 > 0:47:16so it's obviously a very popular thing to do.

0:47:16 > 0:47:18So I can't really dismiss it as bad,

0:47:18 > 0:47:21I'm just saying it's down to personal preference.

0:47:23 > 0:47:26'I'm still thinking how normal she seems as a person,

0:47:26 > 0:47:30'and also how normal what she does seems to her.

0:47:30 > 0:47:34'For me, it looks like some camming is bordering on the world of porn.

0:47:34 > 0:47:37'But could it be there's something about the internet

0:47:37 > 0:47:42'that makes you feel safer and gives you loads more confidence?

0:47:42 > 0:47:48'In the study, 80% of people said you can be more promiscuous online.'

0:47:48 > 0:47:52Performing to strangers, lewd and sexual acts,

0:47:52 > 0:47:54I just find it really, really...

0:47:56 > 0:47:58I dunno, I just find it strange.

0:47:58 > 0:48:01I think people can be more promiscuous online than offline

0:48:01 > 0:48:05because it's like, it's something new, it's something exciting.

0:48:05 > 0:48:06The worst thing that can happen

0:48:06 > 0:48:09if you say something that they think is a bit too kinky

0:48:09 > 0:48:12is that they will disconnect and go onto the next person.

0:48:12 > 0:48:14It's like, "Oh, you've never going to see this person,

0:48:14 > 0:48:18"so you might as well say anything that you want to say to them."

0:48:21 > 0:48:27'As this world of websex provides us with even more ways to experiment,

0:48:27 > 0:48:31'I'm left thinking, what if anything is this doing to our heads?

0:48:31 > 0:48:33'Emma Kenny is a relationship psychologist

0:48:33 > 0:48:38'who's kept a close eye on all these new developments.'

0:48:38 > 0:48:42I've met loads of people who have used websex in different ways,

0:48:42 > 0:48:44and I've heard some quite amazing stories.

0:48:44 > 0:48:47Some a little bit weird, some a little bit shocking,

0:48:47 > 0:48:50some worrying, but mostly, people are quite positive.

0:48:50 > 0:48:53They're like, "It gives me confidence",

0:48:53 > 0:48:54"I've learned something."

0:48:54 > 0:48:57One of the great things about social networking and cyberactivity

0:48:57 > 0:48:59is that it brings people together.

0:48:59 > 0:49:02So if you are somebody who would have been isolated,

0:49:02 > 0:49:05for example if you're a gay young man living in a rural environment,

0:49:05 > 0:49:08you may not have felt comfortable expressing yourself

0:49:08 > 0:49:10or feeling part of a community.

0:49:10 > 0:49:13The web's amazing because it gives you the opportunity to see

0:49:13 > 0:49:15that, firstly, you're totally normal,

0:49:15 > 0:49:18and, secondly, there are loads of people who mirror those feelings.

0:49:18 > 0:49:22And that can be a real confidence booster. So it has an absolute place.

0:49:22 > 0:49:26It also enables people to express themselves physically and sexually,

0:49:26 > 0:49:31hopefully in a safe environment with a trusting partner.

0:49:31 > 0:49:34In those circumstances, it can be an additional bonus

0:49:34 > 0:49:36to an existing great sex life.

0:49:36 > 0:49:37As amazing as websex is,

0:49:37 > 0:49:43it kind of promotes people to behave in a more unusual, weird way

0:49:43 > 0:49:46than they probably would in their everyday lives. Why is that?

0:49:46 > 0:49:49If I'm a person who sits at home

0:49:49 > 0:49:52and imagines what sex would be like with a bag on my head,

0:49:52 > 0:49:55then once upon a time, I may have thought,

0:49:55 > 0:49:58"Well, nobody else is talking about having sex with a bag on their head."

0:49:58 > 0:50:00Nowadays, I type into the internet,

0:50:00 > 0:50:04"I want to have sex with a bag on my head", and you bet your bottom dollar

0:50:04 > 0:50:06there'll be 100,000 people affiliated to a site.

0:50:06 > 0:50:09And what that says to me is that, actually,

0:50:09 > 0:50:11maybe what I want isn't that strange.

0:50:11 > 0:50:15It makes perfect sense that people who may have once thought,

0:50:15 > 0:50:18"Mmm, that's a boundary I probably shouldn't push"

0:50:18 > 0:50:20are more likely to think,

0:50:20 > 0:50:23"Well, have other people pushed it? OK, then I'll have a go."

0:50:23 > 0:50:27If that's with a trusted individual, OK.

0:50:27 > 0:50:31But when you're doing things that, ordinarily, on a face-to-face level,

0:50:31 > 0:50:34you wouldn't feel comfortable with,

0:50:34 > 0:50:36you have to ask yourself the question,

0:50:36 > 0:50:38"Why am I carrying out a behaviour

0:50:38 > 0:50:42"with potentially a group of individuals I've never met,

0:50:42 > 0:50:44"that I would feel completely uncomfortable doing

0:50:44 > 0:50:46"with people who I know?"

0:50:46 > 0:50:48Why do you think that they are engaging in this activity,

0:50:48 > 0:50:51if they're not comfortable doing it with people they know?

0:50:51 > 0:50:55The reality of websex is that it does disassociate you.

0:50:55 > 0:50:59You don't feel that you're actually having a lived experience.

0:50:59 > 0:51:02It's almost a bit like being with a television,

0:51:02 > 0:51:06and not with adult human beings or other people.

0:51:06 > 0:51:11It's very much a personal experience as opposed to a shared experience.

0:51:11 > 0:51:14And that's the irony, because it's probably the most exposed

0:51:14 > 0:51:18shared experience you're ever likely to encounter,

0:51:18 > 0:51:22cos one click and another five million people can see you

0:51:22 > 0:51:26doing something that you may have felt was only being shared with one.

0:51:26 > 0:51:28Do you think a lot more guys are

0:51:28 > 0:51:32almost reluctant to do the work of getting into a relationship,

0:51:32 > 0:51:36because they can quite easily find a girl on Facebook

0:51:36 > 0:51:38or some other social networking site?

0:51:38 > 0:51:41Yeah. People are hooking up more and more and more.

0:51:41 > 0:51:44Social networking is a perfect avenue.

0:51:44 > 0:51:45Young people are very clever

0:51:45 > 0:51:48and will find the best route to achieve what they want.

0:51:48 > 0:51:52But, long-term, I doubt it will answer their needs.

0:51:52 > 0:51:56When it comes to websex, do we know what the future holds?

0:51:56 > 0:51:58I mean, are we all going to be doing this soon?

0:51:58 > 0:52:01From a psychological point of view,

0:52:01 > 0:52:06what we do know is that more and more young people are spending, like,

0:52:06 > 0:52:0830-37 hours a week sat in front of a screen.

0:52:08 > 0:52:11Now that means that they're not having contact

0:52:11 > 0:52:14with other human beings during that period.

0:52:14 > 0:52:18And that does have long-term psychological implications.

0:52:18 > 0:52:22Relationships should be on a physical one-to-one level,

0:52:22 > 0:52:25where you're being with people, relating to people,

0:52:25 > 0:52:27actually in reality.

0:52:27 > 0:52:31So the long-term implications of becoming isolated

0:52:31 > 0:52:36have got psychological implications, and, realistically, anybody out there

0:52:36 > 0:52:38should go out of their way to engage in

0:52:38 > 0:52:41productive one-to-one relationships and friendships

0:52:41 > 0:52:43that really do reinforce our self-worth.

0:52:45 > 0:52:48'From everything I've seen, I think websex

0:52:48 > 0:52:53'will probably have changed a lot even in just a few years' time.

0:52:53 > 0:52:56'I hear that the app I tested out for the gay community earlier

0:52:56 > 0:52:59'has now got a version that straight people can use.

0:52:59 > 0:53:03'I want to see it and get a sense of things to come,

0:53:03 > 0:53:08- 'so I'm meeting Emma Barnett, a technology writer.'- There I am.

0:53:08 > 0:53:09- "FunEmma."- "FunEmma."

0:53:09 > 0:53:13- Love it. - Let's not advertise that!

0:53:13 > 0:53:16- So as you can see there are a lot of men on here.- Yeah, loads -

0:53:16 > 0:53:19- there are hardly any girls. - There is basically one girl there

0:53:19 > 0:53:23called Olga, stuck in the middle of what looks like lots of topless men.

0:53:23 > 0:53:26Obviously trying to show people the hardware.

0:53:26 > 0:53:29Exactly. Well, it is a dating service -

0:53:29 > 0:53:31you want to show what you've got.

0:53:31 > 0:53:34'Looking at the screen full of half-naked men,

0:53:34 > 0:53:36'I can't see much difference from the gay version!

0:53:36 > 0:53:39'But I'm not actually that surprised

0:53:39 > 0:53:42'that so few women seem interested. It involves

0:53:42 > 0:53:45'revealing precise details of where you are to strangers,

0:53:45 > 0:53:48'and maybe women just don't feel as happy about that.'

0:53:48 > 0:53:50Now you are putting in your picture,

0:53:50 > 0:53:52quite a lot of information about yourself,

0:53:52 > 0:53:56and they know where you are - that's the really big difference now.

0:53:56 > 0:53:59If you do have a really naughty conversation with someone,

0:53:59 > 0:54:01they can come and find you at the end of it.

0:54:01 > 0:54:04And you know, nine times out of ten this won't happen,

0:54:04 > 0:54:07but they could take what you said really seriously

0:54:07 > 0:54:09and think you are up for it there and then,

0:54:09 > 0:54:13and you could be in a situation where you really regret what you have said.

0:54:13 > 0:54:16Plus the people behind the business are doing it to make money

0:54:16 > 0:54:18and the way they make money people don't often think about.

0:54:18 > 0:54:22You're not paying to use Grindr, you're not paying to use Blendr -

0:54:22 > 0:54:24you pay by giving them all your data,

0:54:24 > 0:54:28so anything you put in - photos, information, likes, dislikes -

0:54:28 > 0:54:31the people who own that app are making the money

0:54:31 > 0:54:33and they are making the money out of you.

0:54:33 > 0:54:36So these technologies that we are using for relationships and sex,

0:54:36 > 0:54:40you know, where is it heading, what is the future for this?

0:54:40 > 0:54:41I can conceivably see a day where,

0:54:41 > 0:54:44you know how we search for stuff online,

0:54:44 > 0:54:46we look up the latest band we want to buy the CD for,

0:54:46 > 0:54:48or any type of product or service,

0:54:48 > 0:54:51we are very used to searching for information.

0:54:51 > 0:54:53And now we have a social phase like Facebook

0:54:53 > 0:54:55where we are used to searching for people.

0:54:55 > 0:54:58So do you think that's a good thing or a bad thing?

0:54:58 > 0:55:01I think it's making people a bit more like products,

0:55:01 > 0:55:04and people are learning how to market themselves.

0:55:04 > 0:55:06And we've always done that in real life,

0:55:06 > 0:55:09the way we put make-up on and hair or whatever we are doing,

0:55:09 > 0:55:12but it's making it a little more like we're something for sale.

0:55:15 > 0:55:19'Looking back on what I've seen and experienced with websex,

0:55:19 > 0:55:22'it's become clear to me that the question "What's the harm?"

0:55:22 > 0:55:25'is more complicated than for sex in the real world.

0:55:25 > 0:55:29'I've met people whose lives have been made better by using

0:55:29 > 0:55:32'the internet for meeting people and for sex.

0:55:32 > 0:55:34'And with web camming I've found

0:55:34 > 0:55:37'what's possibly the safest form of sex - no contact, no STIs.

0:55:37 > 0:55:39'But there is a dark side -

0:55:39 > 0:55:42'the obvious risks when you meet strangers online

0:55:42 > 0:55:45'as well as when you post personal details

0:55:45 > 0:55:48'or upload pictures or video onto the web.

0:55:48 > 0:55:51'There are billions of online interactions every day,

0:55:51 > 0:55:55'and the results of Professor Phippen's study suggest

0:55:55 > 0:55:58'the huge majority of us are into using technology for sex,

0:55:58 > 0:56:00'and that we love it.

0:56:00 > 0:56:02'There's no doubt - websex is here to stay.'

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