Monday, January 13, 2014

Judge warns of sexting dangers


VICTORIA -- Canada's teens were warned Friday to be aware of who takes their picture and where those images might end up after a Victoria-area girl was convicted of distributing child pornography.

The 17-year-old girl, who sent explicit texts of her boyfriend's former girlfriend, was also convicted of possession of child porn and uttering threats.

"Always be careful of what you allow of pictures to be taken, what you send to whom," Crown prosecutor Chandra Fisher said outside court moments after the teen's guilty verdict.

"(Teens) need to be careful what they send, what they send to each other and where it might end up."

Fisher said there are many tragic Canadian incidents where young people have taken their own lives over images distributed by others over the Internet.  (more...)

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