Sexting

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Am I the only one who finds it strange that if a person decides to send a nude photo of themselves they can be charged and put on the sex offenders list?

How have we let such draconian people place these laws upon us??

[TVR-190]

I remember hearing about some high school kid that was charged and put on the sex offenders list for it.

Utter government stupidity.

'Sexting' youths placed on sex offenders register

want to get someone arrested, simply send them a pic of yourself naked (if you are under 18)

[VKCOMMO]

Thats ridiculous!

I can understand how they can class it this way, if you're under 18 and take a picture of yourself naked and send it out, it is production and distribution of child pornography,. but they have gone too far with it..

Lets just hope its a one off to try to scare people away from doing it, and not a punishment that will be used time and time again..

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Thats ridiculous!

I can understand how they can class it this way, if you're under 18 and take a picture of yourself naked and send it out, it is production and distribution of child pornography,. but they have gone too far with it..

Lets just hope its a one off to try to scare people away from doing it, and not a punishment that will be used time and time again..

lol too far? These people are "mature" enough to own a phone as deemed by their parents and as such are mature enough to make informed decisions on what they do, if they decide without force to send naked pictures of themselves then it should not be any crime except for if the receiver is years older and then the receiver can be charged. The sender should never be guilty of anything...

[wraith]

Great so if some underage chicky babe is like hey check this out and sends me a pic then it gets lost with all my other messages I could get locked up if it is found. Wicked....not.

[DLFHUB666]

Great so if some chicky babe is like hey check this out and sends me a pic then it gets lost with all my other messages I could get locked up if it is found. Wicked....not.

Only if she is underage.

[wraith]

Yeah I meant underage.

[DLFHUB666]

Yeah I meant underage.

Oh, well if this happens, I would advise having a quick wank then delete it.

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Great so if some underage chicky babe is like hey check this out and sends me a pic then it gets lost with all my other messages I could get locked up if it is found. Wicked....not.

She will be fined and treated like a pedo bear as well...that is how great these laws are.

[Jesterarts]

Yeah this is stupid... if two horny 16yo's want to run around sending each other dirty pictures, then that's their business.

[ClairBear]

Does anyone know how to wipe a phone memory?

[NORTI]

Does anyone know how to wipe a phone memory?

*hides job title* nah wouldn't have a clue Clair.....

[Julie]

Makes a mockery of real victims. It could get to the point where its so common that people don't think twice about registered sex offenders, they will just say oh I just sent some silly naked pics of myself when I was a teen and no one will know who the bad guys are when you lump people like this in the same category as kiddy fiddlers.

[Crisis63]

another case of government and lawmakers not able to keep up with emerging technology. And the inability of the real problem to be effectively policed. So as with all such cases they take the easy way out for themselves and use overkill.

[monkeys437]

A few years ago my brother sent me a picture of his 16y.o missus with her puppies out. I went nuts at him for the reasons outlined here, that its illegal, can get in huge trouble, shes underage, ive got a missus etc... so dont ever do it again.

If I'm honest tho, my main concern is she was fugly and my eyes suffered temporary but very painful damage similar to what you get welding without a mask

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another case of government and lawmakers not able to keep up with emerging technology. And the inability of the real problem to be effectively policed. So as with all such cases they take the easy way out for themselves and use overkill.

The thing is though, what needs policing? How is a girl sending a guy a pic of her topless any different to her doing it in person? The country has become packed full of wowsers where everyone is a kiddy fiddler. Heck I get enough snarky comments down at the beach doing landscape shots, god help me if I am doing a kids shoot in public.

[Stressball]

The thing is though, what needs policing? How is a girl sending a guy a pic of her topless any different to her doing it in person? The country has become packed full of wowsers where everyone is a kiddy fiddler. Heck I get enough snarky comments down at the beach doing landscape shots, god help me if I am doing a kids shoot in public.

*whisper whisper*"He has a big camera, he must be a pedophile!"*whisper whisper* Never mind that at the time you're doing most of your beach landscapes (I guess sunrise, 5am-ish?) There shouldn't be kids around in the first place.

[Drawnnite]

this was on tv the other night.
found it funny that if you yourself take the photo of YOURSELF and distribute it, you can be charged with producing and distributing child pornography.
no joke either

[aaronevolution]

If they decide without force to send naked pictures of themselves then it should not be any crime except for if the receiver is years older and then the receiver can be charged. The sender should never be guilty of anything...

So if an underage girl accidentally typed in the wrong number and sent a naked picture of herself to you, and you deleted it, you should be charged?

What a load of crap.

The only way you should be charged is if you didn't delete it, or sent it to someone else before deleting it.

[ClairBear]

god help me if I am doing a kids shoot in public.

It's so sad these days that you can't just get out there with your camera and take action shots for instance of kids at the skateboard park or similar. I wanted to do something like this purely for practice. I ended up taking shots at an amateur footy game rather than have someone call the cops or abuse me.

My Father for many years (he is 74 now) loved to take random shots of people without them knowing, he loves the natural non posed shots. He has some fantastic photos of people from all ages and walks of life, including a black and white favourite of mine, a young boy about 6 sitting in a doorway in France. If my Father took that pic today he would probably be arrested.

[FstStig]

Same Crap, Different Day.... Nuff Said!

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So if an underage girl accidentally typed in the wrong number and sent a naked picture of herself to you, and you deleted it, you should be charged?

What a load of crap.

The only way you should be charged is if you didn't delete it, or sent it to someone else before deleting it.

That was what I was kind of implying.

[CapriciousWL]

Does anyone know how to wipe a phone memory?

Unfortunately the least of your worries. The providers have to hold records of all messages for seven years. If someone does research into who you called, what you texted, what photos or videos you sent, the records are there. These are permanent, not deletable.

I can understand the reasoning behind this and I support it to an extent. In the event that you receive something by accident, send a message back stating not to do it again and that it has been deleted.

You don't send stuff by accident (ask Brendan Fevola) so there's no defense to that one.

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You don't send stuff by accident (ask Brendan Fevola) so there's no defense to that one.

Really? I quite often get random messages telling me how awesome last night was or asking what I am upto today and if I am meeting so and so.

[JustDylan]

What happens if I get my 16 year old mate to send a picture of his willy to Julia Gillard?