• micka190@lemmy.world
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    5 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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      5 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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      5 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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      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.