'Sneaky Hat trend' driving teens to post near-naked pics on Facebook

A new craze has taken over Facebook where teenagers take lewd photos of themselves and post it on the net with nothing but a hat covering their private area.

According to the Herald Sun, the Sneaky Hat trend has been branded a "paedophile's paradise" and involves mostly young people posing in nothing but a hat covering their genitals.

Countless Facebook pages and other sites, open for anyone to see, have sprung up showing male and female teens in provocative poses since it reportedly originated from a Queensland high school.

Cyber safety campaigner Susan Mclean said contributors to the fad were .... BNN