Key Facts

• Pupils from Paradykes Primary School in Midlothian were added to a WhatsApp group asking for explicit photos.
• Police have started investigating the group, which told children to keep it secret from their parents.
• The affected children are typically nine or ten years old, in their sixth year of primary school.
• Midlothian Council stated that the group's access did not involve council-issued devices.
• The school's head teacher warned parents and advised them to check and remove their children's access to the group.
• 84 people were in the group, not limited to children from Paradykes Primary School.
• WhatsApp's guidelines specify that users should be at least 13 years old.
• Police inquiries are ongoing, and WhatsApp provides options to control who can add users to groups.