12 results for month: 03/2009


Sexting Victim is also the Perpetrator

More on the criminal prosecution of the 14 year old NJ girl who posted 30 nude images to her MySpace account: A key hurdle for prosecutors is that technology has outpaced the legal system. Most states don't have laws specifically addressing teens who transmit explicit images, a practice sometimes referred to as "sexting." The only New Jersey laws applicable to the Clifton case are those designed for sexual predators and child pornography traffickers, said Parry Aftab, executive director of the nonprofit group WiredSafety.org. Nonetheless, the consequences could be serious. If convicted of distributing child pornography, the 14-year-old could be ...

XOb (CLC Health Advocacy Project)

How lawyers help kids: Children's Law Center's Health Advocacy Project makes a real difference in children's lives Link

Sexting Students Strike Back

Whether it's just a fad or something more, the sexting issue continues to make headline news. Here's an interesting twist to the teen craze from where else but Pennsylvania. Today, child porn advocates from the ACLU of PA will ask a federal judge in Scranton to issue an injunction to protect three teenage girls from the threat of criminal charges for using their cell phones to take and send semi-nude images of themselves. The suit accuses the Wyoming County DA of violating the three girls' First Amendment rights and seeks a court declaration that the images "are not child pornography or any other crime." The DA said he considered the photos “...

Masha Allen Update: “Irreconcilable Differences” Delay Justice

Last fall we published a definitive statement on Masha Allen's pending wrongful adoption litigation, publicly expressing a long-held concern that "a traumatized, abused and exploited child like Masha needs a competent and independent decision maker to protect her legal rights and guard her pecuniary well being." Now Masha's third attorney in three years, high-powered litigator Robert N. Hunn, is withdrawing from representing her citing "Irreconcilable differences" with Masha's mother Faith Allen. According to Hunn, "the irreconcilable differences have made it impossible for [my firm] to continue as counsel for the plaintiff. . . . The differences ...

XOb (Facebook Criticism of Teacher)

Facebook criticism of teacher results in FL student's suspension for cyber-bullying harassment & ACLU lawsuit Link

XOb (Middle School Strip Search)

Case Update: How to Strip Search a Middle School Student heads to the Supreme Court Link

ExOb (We are Big Brother)

Orwell never predicted Facebook as Big Brother: the law encounters online Evidence in an Age of Self-Surveillance Link