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The Dangers of "Sexting"

By Corey Rayburnyung

The Orlando Sentinel has an article detailing the story of a teenager who received nude photos of his 16-year old girlfriend while they were dating and subsequently sent them to "more than 70 people, including her parents, grandparents and teachers" after their breakup. He was charged with transmitting child pornography and is now a registered sex offender. Prevention Works has more. From the article:After his former girlfriend taunted him, Phillip Alpert remembered the nude photos she e-mailed to him while they were dating.He took revenge with an electronic blast ? e-mailing the photos of the 16-year-old girl to more than 70 people, including her parents, grandparents and teachers.Three days later, Alpert, then 18, was charged with transmitting child pornography...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 17, 2009 (boomark / email).