By Rebecca Pirius , Attorney. Developing at a rapid rate, smart device technology presents amazing opportunities as well as difficult challenges. One such challenge is the exchange of sensitive and explicit material. Sexting has become especially common among teenagers—many of whom are minors—and can easily be used to bully or harass. States have taken various approaches to address teen sexting. Some have enacted laws prohibiting sexting between minors.

Pennsylvania Teen Sexting Law

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Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about. It remains legal, in most instances, for an adult in Indiana to have sex with a minor age 16 and older. But it's illegal to send them nude photos. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed.
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By Rebecca Pirius , Attorney. Developing at a rapid rate, smart device technology presents amazing opportunities as well as difficult challenges. One such challenge is the exchange of sensitive and explicit material. Sexting has become especially common among teenagers—many of whom are minors—and can easily be used to bully or harass. States have taken various approaches to address teen sexting. Some have enacted laws prohibiting sexting by or between minors. Other states punish sexting under preexisting laws against child enticement and child pornography. Washington punishes sexting images of minors those younger than 18 under its laws against sexual exploitation of children.
For youth under 18 years old, taking and sharing sexual images can also be against the law, even if the youth agrees to have the images shared with others or if the images are of yourself see more information below. If someone has shared an image of you online without your permission, see below for information about who you can talk to and what you can do. Is sexting illegal? Get more help and information. If you are taking or sharing intimate images, it is important to know:. A picture or video of a youth under 18 years old who is naked or semi-naked, or engaging in a sex act is considered child pornography. It is illegal to view, keep, make, post or send these types of pictures or videos. But, there is an exception to this law for youth. The Supreme Court of Canada decided there are limited situations where youth can express themselves by creating and keeping intimate images of themselves.