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Question One
It is illegal for people below 18 years to create, possess, or share obscene content.
However, this varies among states. For instance, Connecticut’s sexting law mainly targets
individuals between 13 and 17 years who either send or receive obscene content. This law
distinguishes between the age of the sender and the receiver of such content and penalizes
senders aged 13 to 15 who send nudes of themselves and receivers of age 13 to 17 who receive
such images. However, in Louisiana, it is illegal for an individual below 17 years to send or
receive explicit photos. In Texas, the law exempts sexting among minors provided that among
the two, none is 2 years older or younger and they should be dating.
Sexting can result in criminal prosecution, including being classified as a sex offender.
This is because sharing of naked images either through a text or through social media for
individuals below 18 years is technically illegal (Lorang, et al., 2016). The law does not provide
any exceptions for teens below 18 years who create, possess and share such content among
themselves. This counts as an offense of sharing obscene images of children and meets the legal
definition of child pornography.
Question Two
In most instances, as a young person, I would consider adult sexting a minor ethical
violation or even an ethical practice. However, this perspective could change in the future.
Certain circumstances such as the consequences, relatedness, reach of result, likelihood effect,
society’s opinion, as well as time to consequences could move adult texting from a minor to a
very serious ethical violation (Haag & Cummings, 2009). For instance, society views the sharing
of obscene images to be an unethical act. Besides, the consequences of sexting on an individual

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