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Text message using mobile 'phone image by DariuszSankowski
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  • Post category:Law / Online safety / Relationships
  • Post published:September 12, 2014

You can face prosecution if you are over 10 years old and caught sexting if the person in the photo is under 18, as it is “distributing an indecent image of a child”.

Source: Selfie sex text teens threatened with child sex charges @ BBC News

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