Teenagers who send sexually explicit images of themselves or others, will now run the risk of facing a jail sentence as per recent laws that seeks to bring child sex offenders to book.
Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor wants adult child sex predators to spend more time behind bars but has not ruled out applying tougher penalties to youth who engage in "sexting", using the internet or mobile phones to send nude or sexual photographs.
Sexting 'Okay' In China - But Not Over 300 Lewd Messages!
The Supreme People's Court in China has clarified that people can sext each other if it is consensual.
The Supreme People's Court in China has clarified that people can sext each other if it is consensual.
A recent survey in an Australian teen magazine revealed 40 per cent of readers had been asked to send a naked or semi-naked image of themselves over the internet.
It has sparked the Australian Privacy Foundation to lobby O'Connor to rule out charging youth for sexting, and not follow US moves, where prosecutors want to charge a teenager with child pornography offences for appearing topless in a text message.
Sexting may Not be So Safe on the Company Phone
The US Supreme Court will mull upon whether bosses need to be given the permission to read text meesages with sexual overtones sent by an employee using the company phone.
The US Supreme Court will mull upon whether bosses need to be given the permission to read text meesages with sexual overtones sent by an employee using the company phone.
"The most obvious (being) teenagers engaged in sexting are not knowingly harming minors in the same way that traditional child pornographers do," it stated.
New Survey Looks at 'sexting' Among US Teens
Fifteen percent of US teenagers aged 12 to 17 who own mobile phones have received nude or nearly nude images of someone they know, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
Fifteen percent of US teenagers aged 12 to 17 who own mobile phones have received nude or nearly nude images of someone they know, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
"They are not designed to deal with interactions between young people, such as sexting," O'Connor said.
Houston Schools Ban 'sexting'
In Houston, Texas, thousands of students are returning to school to discover a new rule: no sexting -- the distribution of nude or semi-nude photographs or videos by text message.
In Houston, Texas, thousands of students are returning to school to discover a new rule: no sexting -- the distribution of nude or semi-nude photographs or videos by text message.
The types of images that fall within the definition of child pornography include those where a person under 18 is in a sexual pose or sexual activity, or "that have as their dominant haracteristic the depiction of a sexual organ of a person under 18 and which reasonable persons would regard as being... offensive". (ANI)
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