Comments on: Sexting: Think Twice Before Pressing Send

By: Philadelphia injury lawyer

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:25:55 +0000

Great post. This issue has become so prevalent within the past two years; and it will only gain more media attention in the near future. In Pennsylvania there is a case pending over photos of two 12 year-old-girls in training bras. The one girl (now 16 years old) is still in the process of defending herself.

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia is close to deciding on whether another girl could be prosecuted under the Pennsylvania child pornography laws for a “sexting” photo.

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By: Aurelia

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:45:47 +0000

What a great post! Thanks so much. As a parent of 2 teens who have had cell phones for most of their teen-lives, I appreciated this information

By: Jessica Dobias

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:48:56 +0000

Thank you for your the offer. I actually just wrote a post on behavioral advertising where I linked to several websites helping individuals un-share information they don’t want to be spread across the internet. I think that will be sufficient in helping people protect their private information on whatever social media they choose to invest private information in.

Thank you for commenting and I enjoy your feedback and the discussion on the article.

By: Roger Kondrat

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:17:30 +0000

Oooops never covers it, but anything bad can be ascribed to ooops in hindsight. Oooops I decided to drink more than 3 beers and walk home (hit by a car), oooops I didn’t change those tires Oct 1st like I ‘supposed’ to in preparation for winter (dies in freak October snow storm). Yes these things you mention can happen. Like leaving our doors unlocked in Canada, people do break in (or walk in if they are unlocked) and after the fact we think, ooops.

That being said, yes the education value is still strongly represented in your article and its appreciated.

Finally I would like to say there are ways of controlling Facebook access and managing your reputation through the tools provided on Facebook. In fact if you liked, I could either write a post on our blog and comment a link on here or guest post a blog post about it on your site.

Would be a great follow up to article and that is my area of expertise.

Thoughts?

By: Jessica Dobias

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:44:07 +0000

I found your comment refreshing to say the least. As the author of this article and a law student, I feel I have an obligation to inform my readers of what could happen. But you’re right: Shit happens. But I’d rather know what could happen instead of tip toeing around the law hoping it doesn’t come back to bite me in the ass. Unfortunately, ignorance of the law isn’t an excuse.

The reality of the situation is, people love to send nude/half-nude photos to their partners via text or email and they can forget the consequences of their actions. Unfortunately, the internet doesn’t always afford us with the luxury of privacy. People in the professional world look up public social networking profiles to evaluate candidates for positions and for the Bar. I’d like to direct you to the latest news from the Florida Bar Association: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/state/Facebook_background_checks_091709

My goal for writing this article was to inform and educate, not to induce fear. I’ve invested a great deal of time and energy into my law school career and I can imagine the readers of this website have as well. It would be devastating to spend 4 years in college and another 3 years in law school only to find out you won’t be admitted to the Bar because you made a stupid, irrational mistake and the Bar found out by stalking you on Facebook. Oops just doesn’t quite cover it.

By: Roger Kondrat

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:37:28 +0000

This really seems like fear-mongering in the adult adult scenario. We all send pictures via email to our partners when they are away on trips, its part of how we remain connected. Is it risky, yeah its risky like having sex without a condom from a supposidly commited partner or crossing the road and a drunk hits you. Shit happens and we can’t always control it, but you shouldn’t run your whole life over what could happen, it seems irrational and ‘fearmongering’.

Just my thoughts on the adult adult scenario.

On the teenager scenario, it just reminds me of how sick American laws are and how much effort needs to be put into reforming them. When an 18 yr old goes to jail for 2 yrs like that, something is wrong – clearly. So in essence your advice there is reasonable because a sex offence is so incredibly crippling to ones future.

Cheers
R.

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