• micka190@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    such as when the person making them is also a minor

    I get the point you’re tying to make. But minors taking nudes of themselves is illegal in a lot of places, because it’s still possession.

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      And that’s still a bit messed up. It’s a felony for a teen to have nude pictures of themselves and they’ll be registered sex offenders for life and probably ineligible for most professions. Seems like quite a gross over reaction. There needs to be a lot of reform in this area but no politician wants to look like a “friend” to pedophiles.

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          7 months ago

          The issue is that the picture then exists, and it’s hard to prove it was actually destroyed.

          For example, when I was in high school, a bunch of girls would send nudes to guys. But that was 10 years ago. Those pictures still exist. Those dudes aren’t minors anymore. Their Messenger chats probably still exist somewhere. Nothing’s really preventing them from looking at those pictures again.

          I get why it’s illegal. And, honestly, I find it kind of weird that there’s people trying to justify why it shouldn’t be illegal. You’re still allowed to have sex at that age. Just don’t take pictures/videos of it.

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      7 months ago

      Which is more of a “zero-tolerance” policy, like unto giving the same punishment to a student defending themselves as the one given to the person who initiated the attack.

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      7 months ago

      I get the point you’re tying to make. But minors taking nudes of themselves is illegal in a lot of places, because it’s still possession.

      I agree, and on the one hand, I understand why it could be good to consider it illegal (to prevent child porn from existing), but it does also seem silly to treat it as a case of pedophilia.