[Suvuseh]

I lol, not because i think what these kids are doing is funny, but because of the clusterfuct this puts those whose job it is to prosecute in. This seems an unstoppable tide. Every new cellphone or laptop comes with some type of photo capability. What i am talking about is the recent phenomena of Sexting: i.e. sending nude photos/video from cell phone to cellphone. Sexting is just fine in most cases, the problem is, it is just as popular for those under the age of 18 as it is with those above it... maybe moreso.

http://www.wpxi.com/news/18469160/detail.html#-
"GREENSBURG, Pa. -- Three teenage girls who allegedly sent nude or semi-nude cell phone pictures of themselves, and three male classmates in a Greensburg Salem High School who received them, are charged with child pornography.
Police said the girls are 14 or 15, and the boys charged with receiving the photos are 16 or 17. None are being identified because most criminal cases in Pennsylvania juvenile courts are not public.
"It was a self portrait taken of a juvenile female taking pictures of her body, nude," said Capt. George Seranko of the Greensburg Police Department.
Police said school officials learned of the photos in October. That's when a student was seen using a cell phone during school hours, which violates school rules. The phone was seized, and the photos were found on it, police said. When police investigated, other phones with more pictures were seized.
"Taking nude pictures of yourself, nothing good can come out of it," said Seranko.
The Greensburg Salem School District issued a statement on Tuesday saying there was “no evidence of inappropriate activity on school grounds or during the school day other than the violation of the (school's) electronic devices policy.”
The school district said it only became aware of the arrest of the students on Monday and will continue to work cooperatively with police, as well as continue to enforce its electronic devices policy and educate students on the dangers of inappropriate use of electronic devices.
Police said the girls are being charged with manufacturing, disseminating or possessing child pornography while the boys face charges of possession.
"It's very dangerous," said Seranko. "Once it's on a cell phone, that cell phone can be put on the Internet where everyone in the world can get access to that juvenile picture. You don't realize what you are doing until it's already done." http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2...0102/901130326 "If I were to go through the cell phones in this building right now of 1,500 students, I would venture to say that half to two-thirds have indecent photos, either of themselves or somebody else in school," said Jim Brown, school resource officer at Glen Este High School.
Turpin High School Principal Peggy Johnson thinks that the results would be similar - about 50-50 - in her building.
According to the national study, most teens who send sexually suggestive content send to boyfriends or girlfriends, while others say they send such material to those they want to date or hook up with or to someone they only know online.
Brown, who also is Glen Este Middle School's resource officer, said of the 14-year-old boy's cell phone photos last year: "They were as graphic as you would see in any Penthouse magazine, I've been told."
The study also showed that 44 percent of teens say it's common for sexually explicit images and text messages - sexting - to be shared with people other than the intended recipient. My question is, what can be done about this situation? I really don't think prosecuting teenagers for what really amounts to embarrassing indescretion is the right answer, especially when the punishment will likely require them to register as sex offenders until they are 21 or 25 is the right answer. But i am also pretty sure ignoring the situation is also not the right course.