Sexting: Youth Practices and Legal Implications - A New Report from The Berkman Center for Internet & Society
[Source: The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, by Dena Sacco, Rebecca Argudin, James Maguire, Kelly Tallon, Cyberlaw Clinic, June 23, 2010]
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to share the Youth and Media Policy Working Group Initiative's latest document, which addresses legal and practical issues related to the practice colloquially known as sexing.
The document was prepared by Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic, based at the Berkman Center, for the Risky Behaviors and Online Safety cluster of the Youth and Media Policy Working Group Initiative. It is intended to provide background for discussion of interventions related to sexting. It begins with a definition of sexting, and continues with overviews of research and media stories related to sexting. It then discusses the statutory and constitutional framework for child pornography and obscenity. It concludes with a description of current and pending legislation meant to address sexting.
The Youth and Media Policy Working Group Initiative aims to bring the best research on youth and media into policy-making debates and to propose practical, relevant, situated solutions based upon that research. The Initiative is exploring policy issues that fall within three substantive clusters emerging from youth's information and communications technology practices: Risky Behaviors and Online Safety; Privacy, Publicity and Reputation; and Youth Created Content and Information Quality. The Initiative is funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
and is co-directed by danah boyd, Urs Gasser, and John Palfrey. For more
information, including a list of publications to date, please click here.
