Struggling with 13yr old son

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Re posting here.

I'm seriously struggling with my 13yr old son. We've had chat after chat about staying safe online, but every time he lets me down. Befriending unknowns, sharing to much information, actually seeking strangers out! After all the explanations of why this is so dangerous he still does this. Today I find he's also been looking at pictures of naked women. My heart dropped. I feel he's to young to be doing this and definitely not responsible enough. Restrictions could block out the adult content but it doesn't solve the inappropriate interactions with others (some are friends).

I don't want to cut him off from communicating with his friends, it's hard enough for him to make and keep them due to his autism.

It's good that you are able to find out what he has been doing online at least! There are two options you could try - one is to put in place sanctions for every time he crosses the line. The other is to move the computer/laptop to a communal area in the house so that he can only go online supervised until he proves he can be trusted. You could also restrict his access to certain times of day.
And I know you don't want to separate him from possible friends, but maybe he'd be better off staying away from the inappropriate ones anyway.