Sexting could see teenagers branded as sex offenders
Teenagers are being unfairly labelled as sex offenders for sending explicit messages to each other, campaigners have said. They say criminalising 16- to 18-year-olds for sending explicit pictures to one another shows how disconnected the political establishment is from changes to technology and social values. A teenager younger than 18 who takes a nude picture of themselves using a cameraphone is guilty of the serious offence of creating child pornography.
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