I would often chat to a boy online called “Jake"

I first downloaded Instagram at 11 years old, we would chat to strangers online, post whatever we felt like, it was such an exciting time. I would often chat to a boy online called "Jake" who was American and 14 years old. I later found out he was 45 a woman and chatting to more than half the boys and girls in my class...

Halfway through the school year our grade was told we had a "surprise" meeting in the auditorium. Our head of maths was holding this meeting. She was a loud and Strict American woman, She had the projector on with images of all of the grades social media profiles, mine included. We sat down shocked and silent. She then explained that she had made a fake profile "Jake" a 14 year old boy who liked to skateboard. Oops!

She went through everyone who had accepted Jakes follow request on instagram the chats we had with him and all the information we had shared. She showed us from this information she knew where we lived and how to groom us online. We sat in this auditorium stunned and embarrassed. Although I don't know how ethical this whole project was this was over a decade ago and I still remember it to this day..

Sara