Media Site Dangers
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| 3 teens avoid charges over nude photos | Sending such pictures can result in charges, but many times local authorities find themselves balancing harmful intent against youthful indiscretion. | |
| Ad Council: Online Sexual Exploitation | Sixty-one percent of 13-17 year olds have a personal profile on a social networking site and half have also posted pictures of themselves. Teen girls are particularly at risk – of 1 in 7 youth who received a sexual solicitation or approach over the Inter | |
| Child Porn Laws Used Against Kids Who Photograph Themselves | Privacy advocates say prosecutors are misusing child pornography laws by turning them against the very people they are meant to protect. The accusation comes following a raft of recent child pornography cases against juveniles accused of photographing th | |
| Citizen's Guide to United States Federal Child Exploitation Laws | Child pornography is defined by law as the visual depiction of a person under the age of 18 engaged in sexually explicit conduct. | |
 | Content Safety and Photobucket | (PDF) We combine industry leading technology with a workforce of human reviewers to look at each and every new piece of content that is posted to our site. That’s millions of new uploads monitored every day. If inappropriate content is found, it is remov |
| Don't believe the type | Webcam sessions and photos can be easily captured, and users can continue to circulate those images online. In some cases people believed they were interacting with trusted friends but later found their images were distributed to others or posted on web s | |
| Felony charges for teen in nude photo posting | A 17-year-old boy in La Crosse, Wisc., has been charged with possession of child pornography, sexual exploitation of a child, and defamation for posting nude photos of a 16-year-old girl on his MySpace page. | |
| Flickr Community Guidelines | The following Community Guidelines are here to help you understand what it means to be a member of Flickr. Don't forget that your use of Flickr is subject to these Guidelines and our Terms of Use. | |
| Flickr Safety Guide | Flickr members are expected to act in ways that build a great community. They have to follow the Flickr Community Guidelines and your country’s Yahoo! Terms of Service. | |
| Laws about child pornography | Displaying child pornography or "kiddie porn" on the Internet is illegal in the United States. "Child pornography" is easier to define than more elusive concepts such as "obscenity," but several categories of content exist that may or may not constitute c | |
| Sex and Tech | (PDF) Results from a Survey of Teens and Young Adults | |
| State Laws on Obscenity, Child Pornography and Harassment | All 50 states and the District of Columbia have laws governing obscenity, child pornography, and harassment. Prepared by Ronald J. Palenski, Partner, Gordon & Glickson P.C., what follows is a general commentary on these laws plus a state-by-state over | |
| Teens charged for nude pics on phones | Police in Pennsylvania said six high school students are facing pornography charges after three girls sent photos of themselves via cell phones. | |
| Teens' nude photos get unexpected results | The high school in Salem, N.H., was abuzz last month as a photograph of a topless 15-year-old girl was sent from cellphone to cellphone. | |
| Tips for Teens | (PDF) Five things to think about before pressing "send" |