Old Laws Collide with Digital Reality in Teen Sexting Cases
Educators in a small Colorado town say they had no choice but to go to police when they discovered that many high-schoolers were using a cellphone app to collect and hide hundreds of naked photos of...
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Portions of this post are updated from an article published at Bitch Magazine. In what media is again calling a "sexting scandal," a community in Colorado is grappling with the fact that hundreds of...
View ArticleHigh school sexting scandal shines light on ghost apps that keep nude photos...
When students were caught participating in an illicit photo ring that was operating out of Cañon City High School in Colorado, parents and school officials there were quick to say that kind of thing...
View ArticleIn Teen Sexting Cases, Law and Digital Reality Clash
Associated Press CANON CITY, COLORADO— When school officials in a rural Colorado community learned local students were collecting naked photos of one another, they had no choice but to notify the...
View Article“Not in it for Justice”
Summary On the night of November 2, 2015, Maria Soto’s 18-year-old son Daniel went out with friends and did not come home. At 1:30 p.m. the next day, Maria finally got a call: Daniel had been stabbed...
View ArticleIn Teen Sexting Cases, Law and Digital Reality Clash
Associated Press CANON CITY, COLORADO— When school officials in a rural Colorado community learned local students were collecting naked photos of one another, they had no choice but to notify the...
View Article“Not in it for Justice”
Summary On the night of November 2, 2015, Maria Soto’s 18-year-old son Daniel went out with friends and did not come home. At 1:30 p.m. the next day, Maria finally got a call: Daniel had been stabbed...
View ArticleIn Teen Sexting Cases, Law and Digital Reality Clash
Associated Press CANON CITY, COLORADO— When school officials in a rural Colorado community learned local students were collecting naked photos of one another, they had no choice but to notify the...
View Article“Not in it for Justice”
Summary On the night of November 2, 2015, Maria Soto’s 18-year-old son Daniel went out with friends and did not come home. At 1:30 p.m. the next day, Maria finally got a call: Daniel had been stabbed...
View ArticleIn Teen Sexting Cases, Law and Digital Reality Clash
Associated Press CANON CITY, COLORADO— When school officials in a rural Colorado community learned local students were collecting naked photos of one another, they had no choice but to notify the...
View ArticleAn extreme law for youth sexting
Canon City sexting scandal should not be allowed to ruin lives Hundreds of students at Cañon City High School who who shared nude pictures of themselves or classmates could face criminal charges of...
View ArticleChesco students to get training after sexting scandal
More than 2,000 middle school students in the Tredyffrin/Easttown district will get new training in safe communication and Internet use in the coming weeks after three students were charged this week...
View ArticleNo charges as initial Cañon City High School sexting investigation concludes
D.A. plans meeting with superintendent, police chief to discuss next steps Cañon City Police Chief Paul Schultz prepares to speak during a press conference Nov. 6 at the CCPD. Officials discussed...
View ArticleSexting and Texting... the New Way to Connect?
Newspapers reported last week that at least 100 Canon City Colorado high school students, as well as several 8th graders, sent nude photographs of themselves to each other as part of a larger sexting...
View ArticleSexting scandal involving ‘100 pupils’ rocks US school
CANON CITY (Colorado): At least 100 students at a high school in Canon City traded naked pictures of themselves, the authorities said on Friday, as part of a large sexting ring. The revelation has left...
View ArticleOfficials in Cañon City sexting scandal to announce results of investigation...
Hundreds of high school students may have traded and shared nude photos on phones The small southwestern town of Canon City is at the center of a sexting scandal that officials believe involes hundreds...
View ArticleColorado high school sexting probe involves 100s of photos
CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the extent of a sexting scandal at a southern Colorado high school that...
View ArticleSexting Colorado high school students face no criminal charges
No criminal charges will be filed against the 100-plus students involved in a sexting scandal at a Colorado high school, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The sharing of sexually explicit photos via text...
View ArticleSexting scandal in Cañon City could lead to child porn charges
Nude pictures of students passed around at school Nov 5:Cañon City officials meet with parents to discuss sextingTrending Now: Did Canon City high school make a hasty decision?Nov 4:Cañon City forfeits...
View ArticleTeen sexting prompts efforts to update child-porn laws
Rampant teen sexting has left politicians and law enforcement authorities around the country struggling to find some kind of legal middle ground between prosecuting students for child porn and...
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