Va. Teen Faces Child Porn Charges For Tweeting Nude ‘Selfie’

[Swede Atlanta]

9. Thank goodness I did all my dumb stuff before the internet.......

seriously I would never have considered sending a nude photograph of myself to anyone, let alone on Twitter even in my day. I doubt I would have even considered taking a nude photograph of myself period and then mailing it or giving it to someone.

Back in the day when you had to purchase film, load it into the camera, take the photograph and then take or mail the film for processing in most states it was illegal for the processor to develop and print photographs that were deemed lewd. You could only do this if you had your own darkroom and photographic development equipment.

But I agree with other posters, what is it with young people today to think it is okay to take a nude selfie and share it with others let alone they don't consider the consequences whether they share on social media or just in a 1 to 1 text or e-mail. Once you hit the send button it is out there FOREVER. You can never recall it.

That's why I tell my employees, read every outbound e-mail or text you send very carefully before you hit the Send button. There may be limited ability within the company e-mail system to recall the e-mail. It works if the recipients have not accessed the e-mail but even if you recall it, the company servers have a copy of it and its contents.

It is unfortunate for her. I don't know if because she is so young she will avoid being treated as a sex offender for the rest of her life or not. Hopefully that is the case as it appears she was just stupid and did not intend any ill will on anyone.