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Sexting Is Naive—But Cops Calling It Child Porn Is Stupid

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 17, 2009 3:47 PM CST

(Newser) – The recent—or recently discovered—“sexting” epidemic has produced a reasoned response from educators, and a wild overreaction from police,” Dahlia Lithwick writes on Slate. “Schools are enacting what amounts to a don't-ask-don't-tell policy” on teenagers sending out naked pictures of themselves,...   Read full story »

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