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

[Warren DeMontague]

15. You mean people under 18, with pictures of themselves?

Because my point is, the law generally distinguishes between 2 people under 18 having sex with each other (which is something many of us did ourselves, even if some of us sometimes have trouble remembering that far back.. )

....and when someone over 18 has sex with someone under 18. Rightly so.

I guess my point is that to my mind the act of someone under 18 sharing a nude picture with their also under 18 s/o might be a different ethical situation than, say, people over 18 distributing the material.

Of course, in this story she posted to twitter, so perhaps the venue is a relevant factor. But other cases have involved people texting pictures to boyfriends/girlfriends.

Edited to add, if money is involved I would be willing to bet someone in the transaction would be over 18, and in that circumstance throw the damn book at 'em.