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Pew Internet of the United States has conducted a nationally representative survey of ages 12-17. According to the survey report, 4% of all cell-owning teens of ages 12-17 report sending a sexually suggestive nude or nearly-nude photo or video of themselves to someone else. Girls and boys are equally as likely to have sent a suggestive picture to another person. 15% of those ages 12-17 have received a sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude photo or video of someone they know on their cell phone. 0% of teens have a cell phone that someone else, usually a parent, pays for, 19% pay part of the costs and 10% pay all of the costs of their cell phone. […]