https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/crime-penalties/juvenile/sexting.htm
May 22, 2025 — Under traditional child pornography laws, a minor who takes and sends a nude selfie has technically produced and shared child pornography.
https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-ceos/citizens-guide-us-federal-law-child-pornography
Aug 11, 2023 — A picture of a naked child may constitute illegal child pornography if it is sufficiently sexually suggestive. Additionally, the age of consent ...
https://www.thorn.org/press-releases/new-report-finds-sustained-increase-in-minors-sharing-nude-selfies-since-2019/
Oct 25, 2022 — Boys in particular continue to demonstrate heightened risk for sharing nude selfies. Preteen and teenage boys perceive nude-sharing behavior as ...
https://www.ohiobar.org/public-resources/commonly-asked-law-questions-results/criminal-justice/sexting-involving-minors-is-a-crime/
Oct 24, 2016 — In Ohio, it is a crime to create, reproduce, advertise, buy, sell or possess any sexual material involving a minor. Someone who sexts can be ...
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.68A.053
(ii) Minor dealing in depictions of another minor thirteen years of age or older engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the second degree is a misdemeanor. (2)( ...
https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2907.323
Whoever violates this section is guilty of illegal use of a minor or impaired person in a nudity-oriented material or performance.
https://www.missingkids.org/theissues/sextortion
Having nudes online is scary, but there is hope to get them taken down. Ask for help. The problems can be very complex and require help from adults or ...
https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=573.040
The offense of furnishing pornographic material to minors or attempting to furnish pornographic material to minors is a class A misdemeanor unless the person ...
https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/03553.htm
A person commits sexual exploitation of a minor by knowingly: 1. Recording, filming, photographing, developing or duplicating any visual depiction.
https://www.facebook.com/wearethorn/posts/a-significant-number-of-young-people-share-nudes-while-a-minors-decision-to-shar/1223411292688482/
1 in 7 youths between the ages of 9 and 17 report having shared nudes of themselves. Many of these minors are sharing with individuals they ...
https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM&ttl=18&div=0&chpt=63&sctn=21&subsctn=0
§ 6321. Transmission of sexually explicit images by minor. · (a) Summary offense.-- · (b) Misdemeanor of the third degree.-- · (c) Misdemeanor of the second degree ...
https://www.weedenlaw.com/is-sexting-illegal-for-minors-in-colorado/
May 8, 2025 — Many minors don't realize that sharing sexually explicit images, even with other teens, may lead to criminal charges under Colorado's sexting laws.
https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/sexting-risky-actions-and-overreactions
Jul 1, 2010 — Juvenile sexting entails youths sending or posting sexually suggestive text messages and images, including nude or seminude photographs, via cellular ...
https://jaapl.org/content/44/1/73
Mar 1, 2016 — In this article, we address the legal implications of sexting among minors (aged <18) and the role of the forensic mental health professional.
https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_14/gs_14-190.13.html
Material is obscene if it meets all of the following criteria: a. The material depicts or describes in a patently offensive way sexual activity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_pornography_laws_in_the_United_States
In the United States, child pornography is illegal under federal law and in all states and is punishable by up to life imprisonment and fines of up to ...
https://www.isba.org/ibj/2010/04/sextingitsnojokeitsacrime
by JD Herman · 2010 · Cited by 18 — One in five teenagers has sent sexually suggestive, nude or semi-nude "sext" messages by phone or otherwise. This article discusses the high
https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/twinsburg/latest/twinsburg_oh/0-0-0-15650
No person shall, by means of threat, enticement or otherwise, photograph, in either the still or the moving mode, any nude child under sixteen years of age.
https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code/penal-sect-33-021/
(2) distributes sexually explicit material to a minor. (c) A person commits an offense if the person, over the Internet, by electronic mail or text message or ...
https://txssc.txstate.edu/tools/courses/before-you-text/module-3-2
Under Texas Penal Code Section 43.261, it is a crime for a minor to “intentionally or knowingly” send another minor an obscene photo/video or a photo/video of a ...