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Self-Portraits of Teens Spur Kid-Porn Charge

Nude photos shared by phone could make senders sex offenders

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(Newser) – Pennsylvania teens are in trouble over child-porn photos—of themselves. Three girls who took the pictures, and three boys who got them via cell phone, have been charged, Pittsburgh’s WPXI-TV reports. A student was caught with one of the phones in school in October, prompting a police investigation. But the charges violate the spirit of state child-pornography laws, says an attorney.

Police were hoping to make a point about the danger of such photo-sharing, MSNBC adds. “That cell phone can be put on the Internet where everyone in the world can get access,” said an officer. While the kids may not serve prison terms if convicted, they might have to register as sex offenders for a decade, the lawyer notes.

The charges violate the spirit of the law, says an attorney.
The charges violate the spirit of the law, says an attorney.   (Shutterstock)
Three boys, who received the photos, and three girls who sent them have been charged.
Three boys, who received the photos, and three girls who sent them have been charged.   (Shutterstock)
Teens in Pennsylvania have been charged with child pornography after texting nude photos of themselves.
Teens in Pennsylvania have been charged with child pornography after texting nude photos of themselves.   (Shutterstock)
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YouAreWrong
Jan 16, 09 11:26 AM CST
These kids should have just skipped the cell phones and got it on! Reply
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riffran
Jan 17, 09 12:21 AM CST
dude ...that is so wrong...lol...but it would have been less trouble
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DanTheMa
May 15, 09 7:44 PM CDT
wow... how is "getting it on" ANY better or safer than sending a few naked pics? Anyway, are these girls really supposed to be charged for child porn when the victims were.... themselves?
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myvoice
Jan 16, 09 11:46 AM CST
I thought the law was created to protect minors from adults not from other minors? So if two minors have sex is that statutory rape and if so, do they both go to jail? So much for preaching safe sex... taking pics of each other is safer than having sex! Reply
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SPH
Jan 16, 09 4:19 PM CST
Yikes! I remember having to ask my mother to use our party line, rotary phone. Reply
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