Maryland court: teen girl who sexted friends violated child pornography laws

[Disir]

The top court in Maryland ruled this week that a teen who sent a sexually explicit cellphone video of herself to two friends violated state child pornography law.

The teen, referred to in court papers as SK, did not have to register as a sex offender but was ordered to undergo electronic monitoring and probation, which required drug tests and anger management classes as well as permission to leave the state.

The decision, which upheld a decision from a lower Maryland appeals court, means other minors who engage in sexting could face similar legal repercussions.
Maryland court: teen girl who sexted friends violated child pornography laws

This is ridiculous.

 

[Vastator]

What a fucking crock of shit. But such is the price e to be paid, for trying to preserve so called "innocence". Unfortunately the price is being paid by the presumed "beneficiaries", instead of the absentee parents whose honor such laws are penned to protect...

 

[Marion Morrison]

Silliness.

 

[aaronleland]

Kinda silly. If smartphones were a thing when I was a teenager Marion Morrison and I would have been fucked. Marion knows what I'm talkin' about.

 

[Montrovant]

Unfortunately this is not the first time I've heard of this sort of situation, where a minor is charged with a child pornography crime for giving someone a picture/video of themselves.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

These laws were designed to protect children from adult predators but it goes to show if someone wants to "get" you they have a vast assortment of laws, past & present to select from