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NEWS ABOUT: sexting

sexting stories: 11 news summaries

Miami Schools Plan 'Sexting' Curriculum

Effort to combat practice includes warnings on safety, law

Jul 10, 09 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Miami-Dade school district is going all out in its attempt to stomp out “sexting,” the Miami Herald reports. The superintendent says he wants to work with law enforcement to develop the nation's top sexting program, including a special curriculum to educate students of all ages about the... More »

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technology • Miami • sex education • school districts • Miami-Dade County • sexting

(Newser) - More American women are turning weddings into racy affairs as third-wave feminism sexes up an old-fashioned ceremony, Kayleen Schaefer writes in Newsweek. In the age of "sexting" and provocative mainstream magazines, brides are discarding rituals for skimpy outfits and wild bachelorette parties. "It's the ultimate display of... More »

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fashion • feminism • weddings • sexting

 Sexting Pics 
 Live Forever, 
 Teens Warned 

Stalkers, potential employers may have access to photos years later

May 4, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The critical problem with sexting is that salacious snaps teens send of themselves from their cell phones can exist forever in cyberspace. That's the message Australian authorities are stressing in a new educational anti-sexting campaign. Nude pictures sent in fun could end up being posted on the Internet by sexual... More »

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Internet • sexual harassment • pornography • harassment • child pornography • texting • teen sex • cyberspace • teenager • sexting

Pa. Parents
Fire Back at Sexting Charges

Team with ACLU, sue DA over teens' felony child-porn cases

Apr 21, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Pennsylvania district attorney is trying to snuff out “sexting” by threatening felony child-pornography charges for teens who have taken, appeared in, or sent naughty pictures, the Wall Street Journal reports. But while many capitulated, the parents of three others have teamed with the ACLU to sue George Skumanick... More »

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lawsuit • child pornography • texting • teenager • criminal charges • sexting • George Skumanick


 Vermont  May Legalize 
 Sexting—Between Teens 


Bill moving through legislature to legalize sexually explicit teen communications

Apr 14, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vermont’s state government is in an awkward position. Current law has the state prosecuting teens who send sexually explicit pictures of themselves to each other—sexting—as sex offenders. The state Senate has passed a bill to exempt an exchange of images between people between 13 and 18 years... More »

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cell phones • Vermont • text message • child pornography • state legislature • teen sex • sexting

Sexting 'Craze' May Really Be Skewed Polling 

'Internet cowboys and cowgirls' twist results
of online surveys

Apr 8, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - One in five teenagers have shared naughty pictures of themselves over the phone or online—at least according to reports of the “sexting epidemic” that’s been causing hysteria lately. But the figure might be bogus, the Wall Street Journal reports, because it’s based on a voluntary... More »

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text message • child pornography • polling • teenager • mobile phones • sexting

(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, and others, she writes. But... More »

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high school • text message • child pornography • teenager • criminal charges • criminal prosecution • mobile phones • sexting

Self-Portraits of Teens Spur Kid-Porn Charge

Nude photos shared by phone could make senders sex offenders

Jan 16, 09 11:20 AM CST
(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... More »

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cell phones • sex offenders • nude photo • child pornography • texting • teenager • sexting

One in 5 Teens Has Sent
or Posted Racy Photos

And 1 in 3 say they've received such photos

Dec 10, 08 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - A New Hampshire teen suspended from school last week for sending a racy photo via cell phone wasn’t the first, the Boston Globe reports—and won’t be the last: One in five teens has uploaded a compromising image, and nearly one in three has received a half-naked or... More »

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Internet • cell phones • nudity • photograph • suspension • child pornography • teenager • sexting

 Teens Clueless 
 About Risks 
 of DIY Porn 

Young people seek instant fame through sending sexual images of themselves

Oct 15, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Young people like the Ohio teen facing child porn charges for sending nude photos of herself to classmates are often clueless as to the consequences of their actions, experts tell ABC News. Heavily influenced by a culture in which porn is readily available and increasingly acceptable, some teens seek a... More »

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Internet • pornography • children • child pornography • teenager • sexting

Teen Busted
for Posting
Ex's Nude Pix
on MySpace

Revenge backfires for Wisconsin 17-year-old

May 22, 08 5:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Wisconsin teen didn't take it too well when his relationship turned sour, so he posted graphic nude photographs of his 16-year-old ex on his MySpace page with equally graphic captions, reports the Smoking Gun. The cops got a foul-mouthed refusal when they asked him to remove the photos. That's... More »

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MySpace • Wisconsin • nude photo • child pornography • teenager • sexting

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