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0 pointsta_137899271812y ago0 comments

So, you are in favor of the current remediation against teenagers that sext, which is generally to bring the recipient up on charges of possession of child pornography and the sender on charges of making and distributing child pornography?

Such felony convictions will have far more ramifications that the act itself ever could.

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DanBC12y ago· 1 in thread

That doesn't happen in my country. The US legal system is a cluster fuck of horrible practice, and it's not just weird application of sexting laws that's the problem.

ta_1378992718OP12y ago

That this doesn't happen where you come from is good. It is the reason for arguing for a different status for these things for teenagers in America, though. More than a few lives have been destroyed in applying these laws to those they were supposed to protect.

nissimk12y ago· 1 in thread

I think if the sender and recipient in your described scenario are consenting then they should not be charged with these laws. That is not the intent of those laws. Even if the recipient is not consenting, the sender should also be charged with some other sort of harassment. But if the recipient forwards or shares the image in any way then they probably should receive the severe distribution charge.

BWStearns12y ago

Keep in mind that generally teenagers lack legal agency, and so consent is irrelevant because they cannot exercise consent. Their parents can exercise or choose not to exercise the consent for them and a lot of these cases are parents punishing their children's partner. It's not generally the state going off on some ridiculous spree of hunting down horny teenagers just for shits and giggles.

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