Today sexting has lead to felon charges, lawsuits, and even suicide among teenagers. This is a dangerous action and has many dangers. This has become a common action among teenagers. 39 percent of surveyed teenagers said they have sent sexually suggested messages over a cellphone or internet. 48 percent say they have recieved sexually suggested messages and 20 percent say that have sent a nude picture. There is no definate punishment for sexting. The possession, transferring and creation of the suggestive pictures do carry prison terms. When pictures are sent to one person they could be sent to everyone. Then everyone sees it and the person that created it suffers humiliation in school.
Many people consider the punishments of texting to be to harsh. Sexting is a new thing and there are no laws against it. The only law out there is the transferring of child pornography. Being convicted of any of these crimes can ruin your life and trash your reputation. Many kids have heard of problems like this in their school even if it did not happen to them. When you engage in sexting and get caught you can be charged as a sex offender and this effects your whole life.
There is also something called sextortion, or threats of making the pictures public. Some people are hacking into cell phone records or computers, obtaining photos that were not even sent to them and threatening to make them public. There are many cases involving sextortion all over the country. The internet is also starting to take part in sexting due to webcams and all sort of video chat programs. Most teens have partaken in any kind of sexting.
This is a very serious issue and needs to be taken care of as soon as possible. Many people can ruin their lives. It should not be done and it needs to be stopped. This is a more important subject than people think.http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4723169n
If people want to send their naked picture to other people, that's their problem not anyone elses! I think it's stupid that there has been lawsuits and felony charges. The stupid person who sent the picture did it to themselves. I do not feel bad at all!
ReplyDeletei think that this is a very serious subject almost everywhere you hear about someone sending another pic to other people even in school i have heard of this issue happeneing its horrible and a big deal that affects everyone involved
ReplyDeleteI think sexting is completely stupid. If someone does that they are ignorant. It's your body, your life. Do you really want to ruin it over a picture? Sometimes people don't even know each other face to face and they send pics and stuff. It's disgusting.
ReplyDelete