Blackburn and Longridge school pictures found on Russian site used by paedophiles – with disgusting comments…
PHOTOGRAPHS of Lancashire schoolchildren have been copied from social networking sites and posted on a Russian website used by paedophiles.
Pictures of the teenagers in school uniform have been taken from online profiles without permission and uploaded to the foreign site.
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The free image sharing website includes explicit pictures of teenagers under headings including sexy schoolgirls, underage girls and topless girls at the beach.
Pupils from Witton Park Academy in Blackburn, Longridge High School and St Ceilicas RC High School, also in Longridge, have been featured on the site.
While the photographs are not indecent, most are accompanied by inappropriate comments from users across the world, which show they are being used for sexual gratification.
The site, which we have chosen not to name, boasts 687,000 users with 41 million photos uploaded since 2006.
Jane Green, headteacher at Longridge High School, said the school had been informed by the police about the website.
She said: This is an issue that has affected schools and people across the country but several pupils have been affected at the school.
There are a wide range of images on this site and the comments that are attached are absolutely horrific.