The act of sexting -- sending explicit photos or videos through cellphone -- has become more popular among teenagers, but while they see the act as an innocent version of flirting or showing off, they're most likely not aware of the digital danger they may be creating for themselves.
The Garden State already has a law on the books that punishes people who capture or distribute explicit photos or video of someone else without consent, but one New Jersey lawmaker claims that protection isn't enough.
Here’s a quick question for you:
Should a Bound Brook teacher accused of sexting nude pictures of himself from a school computer receive more than a 120 day suspension without pay; while Brick students sending nude pictures of themselves from their own cellphones be expelled from school and possibly prosecuted...
It is something every parent needs to know. Almost 30 percent of teens between the ages of 13 and 18 admit to emailing or texting nude pictures of themselves, according to a study by the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston.
School officials in Bernards Township are refusing to discuss a middle school sexting problem involving several students who sent each other nude "selfie" photos on their smartphones.
Here we have an adult crime committed by kids.
Should they be charged with “endangering the welfare of a child” when they themselves are children?
This is part of the problem we face living in the “brave new world” of having cellphone technology at our fingertips – and giving it to our kids to use...