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Napthine government to introduce sexting laws

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Newspaper | The Age
Date | 21.8.2014
Language | English
Country | Australia
Topic Tags | law, sexting, threat, youth
Summary | The Australian Naphtine government wants to loosen child pornography prosecution laws to exclude non-exploitative consensual sexting among minors. The reason for this change is that young people’s careers can suffer because they got placed on the sex offenders register for sexting while underage. Minors who distribute intimate imagery of a peer will still be prosecuted but not land on the child pornography offenders list for life.
Image Description | Photograph of two face less female bodies using a smartphone. Only torso and hands are visible.
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), smartphone

Schools Official Investigating Teacher Exchanged Explicit Texts With Her, Report Finds

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Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 4.2.2014
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | school, sexting
Summary | An officer who was investigating complaints against a teacher started a sexting relationship with her, creating a conflict of interest. The inappropriate relationship became known to the police when the teacher approached them saying that the officer was following her and that she felt pressured to maintain the sexting relationship.The exchanges include nude images of both participants and over 1700 text messages.
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Cops warn of increase in sexting; explicit photos could ruin someone’s life

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Newspaper | Windsor Star
Date | 17.9.2014
Language | English
Country | Canada
Topic Tags | sexting, threat, youth
Summary | More and more cases of teenagers' sexts becoming public are reported. These youths feel less vulnerable showing their body through an image than in person but really they are making themselves much more vulnerable to abuse because they share a record of their intimate behavior. Many male teenagers collect girls' sexts as trophies that they can whip out any time and share with their peers. Oftentimes, vindictive ex-partners publish nude images online after the breakup. Because of the large reach of the internet victims of sexting abuse can become infamous over night which ruins their reputation, makes them guilty of producing or distributing child pornography, and has even lead one 13 year old girl to commit suicide. Parents are urged to have frank discussions about this issue with their children.
Image Description | Video and portrait of the interviewee from the sexual assault crisis center.
Image Tags | female(s)

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