Police launch campaign as 'Selfies' of children as young as 10 ending up in hands of pedophiles "SELFIES" of Queensland children as young as 10 are ending up in the hands of pedophiles on a daily basis, police have warned. Queensland Police today launched the "Your Selfie: Keep it to Yourself" campaign developed by Taskforce Argos, of the Queensland Police Service, urging teens to not send nude photos of themselves to others. QPS State Crime Command Acting Assistant Commissioner Cameron Harlsey said "selfies" of children as young as 10 had been found on the computers of child sex offenders. I am not here to sugar coat this message. It is happening and it is happening right here in Queensland," Acting Assistant Commissioner Harlsey said. Young people need to understand that, just because someone else is doing it, that's not a green light to start doing it yourself. Taking an image with minimal clothing on and sending it to your boyfriend or girlfriend may seem like a great idea this week, but what happens if you break up with the person next week? Figures show detectives from Taskforce Argos seized more than 877,000 child exploitation images and 1039 hours of child exploitation video between July 2012 and June this year. Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said a range of phone applications were available that encouraged young people to send explicit messages and photos of themselves. "What concerns us the most is the fact that those photos are going to be there forever," he said. Two posters have been launched as part of the project which will be available online for schools to download. Police Minister Jack Dempsey said the project had been designed to highlight to children and teenagers "just how easily a photo can end up in the wrong hands." "A lot of young people do not realise the sheer evil behind these perpetrators and pedophiles and the extent they will go to obtain certain images and self-images," he said. These pedophiles and other people out there, not just in Queensland but right across the world, will use it and abuse it. And many years later those particular images could come back to haunt that particular child as she or he goes into adulthood. An updated version of Who's Chatting to Your Kids was also launched today with an ebook for parents with information on how to teach children how to behave safely online. The first of two short films for the projects will be available on the QPS Facebook page from today (www.facebook.com/QueenslandPolice). The new "Who's chatting to your kids?" e-book is available to download from www.police.qld.gov.au. The launch was part of Child Protection Week.