Province of Manitoba makes child porn reporting mandatory

Manitoba is the first province to enact legislation that makes it mandatory to report child pornography, Family Services and Housing Minister Gord Mackintosh announced today.
“Child pornography is child abuse,” said Mackintosh. “In any of its forms, it is an affront to humanity. Any delay in reporting child pornography gives a green light to those [...]

Sexting and the “fallen woman”

Feminist Law Professors asks:
Why does our society seem so fascinated by “fallen women” and so magdalene01concerned to take stern remedial action at the first sign of a “fall.” Why do we hammer down on teen-age girls who, though perhaps not yet worldly wise, probably know what they want about as well as most people? Launching [...]

Sexting Hysteria Falsely Brands Educator as Child Pornographer | Threat Level from Wired.com

From Wired.com:
Rumors had been flying at Freedom High School in South Riding, Virginia that students were distributing nude pictures of each other on their cell phones. It’s a phenomenon, known as “sexting,” that’s become increasingly worrisome to educators across the country, and Ting-Yi Oei, a 60-year-old assistant principal at the school, was tasked with checking [...]