This could lead to felony charges of distribution of child pornography, cyberharassment and child exploitation.Ī 2016 sexting case in Colorado involving more than 100 teenagers was never prosecuted because the authorities concluded that it was 'kids doing stupid kids' things.' Some of the girls had already reported that their images were being shared online as well as other places online. Dropbox is a free online storage service that allows users to share and store photos, documents and videos.īurrillville detectives interviewed at least 42 girls last month and found that most of them were underage when the photos were taken. In California, teens in 2015 shared hundreds of racy photographs of teenage girls to an online Dropbox account - a case similar to the Burrillville High School scandal in which the police are investigating allegations involving the sharing of explicit photographs and videos of more than 40 girls from the school. Students posting or sharing graphic sexual images of themselves or their girlfriends has become a widespread occurrence, thanks to the proliferation of internet sites that make such distribution fast and easy.

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