Alarm bells ring over 'sexting'
Found on BBC News on Thursday, 14 May 2009
A spate of "sexting" cases in the US has prompted calls for a change in the law.
It could also lead to a criminal conviction as a sex offender for any teenager who forwards them on to someone else.
It has led people to ask whether threatening children with the same law that was drawn up to protect them - and potentially creating many more sex offenders - is the best way to tackle the phenomenon of "sexting"?
When taking pictures of yourself becomes illegal, there's something strange about the law.