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> (Once it's tracked and officially acted on, it's going to be a sex offender case like sexting became, right?) I'm not 100%, but I think recent guidelines in
by Accacin 10y ago
> (Once it's tracked and officially acted on, it's going to be a sex offender case like sexting became, right?)
I'm not 100%, but I think recent guidelines in the UK advised that is an underage person is caught "sexting" with another underage person of the same age, they'll be no criminal repurcusions.
- pmyteh 10y agoThat's right. The Crown Prosecution Service (the national body which prosecutes essentially all criminal cases on behalf of the state) takes the view that charging under-18s for genuinely consensual sexual activity is generally not in the public interest. This policy (and guidance on essentially all other charging decisions) is helpfully published online as part of the CPS legal manual. It's still a matter of prosecutorial discretion rather than being actually legal, though.
- nsgi 10y agoWhat does that have to do with sexting?
- pmyteh 10y agoBecause it's a sexual activity, illegal if done with pictures of under 18s (but not generally considered in the public interest to prosecute by the CPS if the pics are of the perpetrators themselves and it was consensual - so no "revenge porn" setting or whatever).