4 ms·

If one of those 14 year olds sends nude pictures to the other one, is that not distribution of child pornography? I've certainly read that minors have been char

If one of those 14 year olds sends nude pictures to the other one, is that not distribution of child pornography? I've certainly read that minors have been charged as such, but I'm not capable of verifying the veracity of those charges (I just honestly don't want to Google for this shit).

seanmcdirmid 7y ago
They have been charged but should they? Send the girl to prison rather than, I don’t know, getting her help or something.
- scruple 7y ago
  I don't have answers or solutions, I rarely do. I think this particular debate lives in water that is far too murky for me to want to wade into. All that I'll say is that I think my answer to your question is something close to, "No. Maybe? I don't know. It depends..." All that I really know is that I am grateful, once again, to have been a teenager in an age before the proliferation of smart phones and social media.
  - seanmcdirmid 7y ago
    If you have teenagers today, it is really important to know the actual laws, nuances and all, and make sure your kid knows them as well.
    - scruple 7y ago
      That's fair. Thankfully my children are under a year old, so my wife and I have ample time to prepare.
loeg 7y ago
This is an interesting topic that has become more prevalent with rise of smartphones, but has absolutely nothing to do with an adult statutory raping a minor.
- scruple 7y ago
  Agreed. I was responding to: > Let’s not criminalize kids being kids because of some strict morality code.
DoreenMichele 7y ago
Posted to HN 15 days ago: A teen shared a video of her own legal sex act, convicted as child pornographer https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20854920 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20854920 And it's especially horrifying because she got convicted because she wanted to try to stop someone else from spreading it all over the school. It was just supposed to be seen by a few close friends.

seanmcdirmid 7y ago

They have been charged but should they? Send the girl to prison rather than, I don’t know, getting her help or something.

scruple 7y ago
I don't have answers or solutions, I rarely do. I think this particular debate lives in water that is far too murky for me to want to wade into. All that I'll say is that I think my answer to your question is something close to, "No. Maybe? I don't know. It depends..." All that I really know is that I am grateful, once again, to have been a teenager in an age before the proliferation of smart phones and social media.
- seanmcdirmid 7y ago
  If you have teenagers today, it is really important to know the actual laws, nuances and all, and make sure your kid knows them as well.
  - scruple 7y ago
    That's fair. Thankfully my children are under a year old, so my wife and I have ample time to prepare.

loeg 7y ago

This is an interesting topic that has become more prevalent with rise of smartphones, but has absolutely nothing to do with an adult statutory raping a minor.

scruple 7y ago
Agreed. I was responding to: > Let’s not criminalize kids being kids because of some strict morality code.

DoreenMichele 7y ago

Posted to HN 15 days ago: A teen shared a video of her own legal sex act, convicted as child pornographer https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20854920 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20854920 And it's especially horrifying because she got convicted because she wanted to try to stop someone else from spreading it all over the school. It was just supposed to be seen by a few close friends.