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Teenagers' naked photos spread 'like wildfire'



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Young people are increasingly taking pictures of themselves nude, on their mobile phones, which often then fall into the wrong hands - sometimes everyone's hands, thanks to the internet.

More worryingly, authorities trying to identify youngsters in nude images for child protection purposes are having their work hampered, as they increasingly discover that the subject took the photos themselves.

School administrators in Texas confiscated several cell phones from students in May after nude photos of two junior high girls began circulating. The girls had sent the photos to their boyfriends, who forwarded them to others, officials said.

In La Crosse, Wisconsin, a 17-year-old boy recently was charged with child pornography, sexual exploitation of a child and defamation for allegedly posting nude photos of his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend on his MySpace page. The girl had taken the pictures with her cell phone at her mother's home and emailed them to the boyfriend, authorities said.

"They were pretty graphic," said sheriff's Sgt. Mark Yehle. "I think they just do it to impress their boyfriends. When he breaks up, he `vents,' in his words, by posting them. He apparently didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He didn't know it was illegal."

Psychologists say the phenomenon reflects typical teenage hormones and lack of judgement, with technology multiplying the potential for mischief. It also may reflect a teenage penchant for exhibitionism, as demonstrated on MySpace and countless other Web sites and blogs.
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6 responses // Teenagers' naked photos spread 'like wildfire'

  • Sadly I've had this happen to me, where a boyfriend vents by posting them everywhere. It's humiliating and disgusting.
    PoisonTheMonkey
  • http://current.com/items/89003059_us_teens_less_slutty_...
    wait... I thought kids were behaving better?!?!
    clarity_kat
  • I have to admit, me and some of my ex S.O.'s did that back in high school, but thankfully I deleted all those pictures awhile ago. And adding to that sub-article from above, more and more kids are doing this and are getting extremely comfortable doing so, and sharing them without thinking twice. I remember when I did it, I kept them between me and my significant other. Now a lot of my friends are still taking pictures or recordings during sex and they comfortably show me them.
    cerealforeal
  • What happened to innocence?....................Decency? A steady decline in moral values, which, I attribute to a sensationalist driven society corrupting youth earlier and earlier. Or maybe I'm just being a grouch, I mean hornier chicks can't be all bad? Am I wrong? Hey-Ohh!
    PatrioticAstronaut
  • sometimes i wonder how people feel so comfortable
    localsly
  • I don't think kids in our society understand how a simple laugh can put their lives in danger, there are parents who understand the funny side of their humourus antics, we were kids once. There are other who veiw pics like taken for a joke, to find victms or prey.
    johnsmith_771

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