One new article link has been added to our Related News page. UPI.com published an article titled Man facing sexting, sexual assault trial.

Benjamin Rand, 20, of Pembroke Pines in southeastern Florida allegedly threatened to make public explicit photos he pressured two teenage girls to send him unless they had sex with him or provided more photos.

Source: UPI.com

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. NewsOK published an article titled Prosecutor hesitant about felony charges for ‘sexting’.

An Oklahoma prosecutor told lawmakers Monday he’s hesitant about pursuing felony charges of distributing child pornography against juveniles who send lewd photographs of another by email or text messages because there’s no option for a deferred sentence and a conviction requires lifetime registration as a sex offender.

Source: NewsOK

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WWMT published an article titled Students investigated in sexting case.

HILLSDALE/QUINCY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – More than a dozen teenagers at two local high schools are under investigation right now, suspected of sending sexually explicit photos to each other.

Hillsdale County prosecutors say the students are between 14 and 17-years-old and go to Hillsdale and Quincy High Schools.

Source: WWMT

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Effingham Daily News published an article titled Sexting illegal for kids in Texas.

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Parents who have told their children that sending sexually explicit photos over the Internet is wrong, can now include that it’s also illegal.

Source: Effingham Daily News

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Naked Security published an article titled How to find out everything that Facebook *really* knows about you.

Max Schrems, a 24-year-old law student from Vienna, a meticulous document requester and researcher, is now sitting on a pile of 1,200 pages that comprise his personal-data Facebook dossier.

Source: Naked Security

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. NewCityPatch published an article titled Talk to Kids To Keep Them Safe On The Internet.

“The best thing we can do is teach our kids what the pitfalls are,” he explained during his Internet Awareness presentation.  “What your kid posts at 15, it is going be searchable when they are 25, 35.  Our kids are making mistakes for the whole world to see.”

Source: NewCityPatch

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Computeractive published an article titled Sexting tops survey for most annoying new tech-related word.

The term which means “sending of sexually explicit photographs or messages by mobile phone” is so annoying to people that it has won Computeractive’s first annual “Unspeakable” award, for the latest, technology-related word most likely to make you wince, grimace or want to bang your head on the keyboard.

Source: Computeractive

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Colorado Connection published an article titled ‘Sexting’ woman rearrested for sex assault.

El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said the former Ellicott School Board member who was originally arrested in September for “sexting” a student has been rearrested Wednesday for sexual assault on a child.

Source: The Colorado Connection

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Bulletin published an article titled Expert warns of Facebook risks for students.

For example, an 18-year-old in Orlando, Fla., texted a nude photo of his 17-year-old girlfriend — and ended up on Florida’s sex offender list. A job applicant at a Miami Shores university ranted online about having to take a typing test, and lost the chance for the position. And a 13-year-old Hillsborough teen killed herself after sexting photos were spread around her school.

Source: The Bulletin

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Los Angeles Times published an article titled Florida eases penalties for teens who send sexual photos.

It’s still illegal for Florida teenagers to send sexually explicit photos, but they can now avoid severe penalties under a new state law that takes effect Saturday.

Source: Los Angeles Times