News Flash America, Sexting Has Been Prevalent For Years So Where Have We Been?
Can anyone answer this question PLEASE?
Why is it that Cyber Bullying and Sexting are only now receiving government, media and corporate attention when they are issues that have existed for years?
Every day there seems to be another unbelievably frustrating new article titled, "Sexting Invades Schools" or, "Sexting: New trend for teens sending sexual texts".
Wake Up America!
The real fact is, sexting has already claimed the lives and reputations of thousands of people long before the recent explosion of media and seminars were created. In fact, if you are just starting to learn about or address sexting and cyber bullying, you are way behind in understanding and / or educating society about the real current digital diseases.
Do you know tens of thousands of times a day private digital content is being stolen from "password protected" social sites, file sharing sites, file storage accounts, personal computers, and digital (video) camera cards?
Did you know that this same content is being exploited across the “dark” areas of the web as free adult content on pornographic websites and message boards?
If you did not know this, not only are you way behind in understanding digital disease, but depending on your lifestyle, you may also unknowingly already be a victim.
Sexting and Cyber Bullying need to be addressed, but so do other extremely more dangerous current (and future) trends. The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication is one organization with the foresight to think ahead as they created an effective, proactive “cure” to both current and future (yet to be developed) digital diseases that they communicate to audiences across the U.S. for free.
Can anyone answer this question?
How will society handle the next "trend" like SEXTCASTING to hit the headlines? Or the next one after that?
Will we just continue to react to each new issue on a case by case basis as each new travesty presents itself?
Clearly this would be an incredibly naive and ignorant way to continuously deal with 21st century digital diseases. A reactionary approach to 21st century issues is failing our generation, and thousands of lives are being altered instantly while we wait for outdated programs to react to old (but recently reported) digital trends.
While this article is being written, tens of thousands of lives are being altered by other, more dangerous trends online.
There are much worse digital diseases than sexting, and as society continues to react, react, react, to each new digital disease revealed by the media, tens of thousands of lives (children, adults and couples) are being devastated. It is time for our generation to understand that proactive communication and not a continuous pre-21st century reactionary approach to digital issues is what will save our digital generation, and generations to follow.
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I hope that these girls won't continue also getting into trouble over this. Guys need to learn that as soon as they get a nude photo via texting to e-mail the photo to a web based e-mail address (one that they can access from any computer) and store the photo(s) there.
Then immediately delete the photo(s) from their phone. From the stories I have read, the boys are getting caught when authorities find these photos on their phones and/or on their computers.
Storing these photos on a web based e-mail service means that the photos can't be found on a phone or a computer. They can e-mail the ones from the hotter babes to their friends, also using web based e-mail addresses instead of texting them around, as is the case now.
Another way to get around this is for guys to only show the photos to their friends at home, but not actually send the pictures. It looks to be "safe" to be able to go and see a photo of a hot girl naked but not have a copy anywhere that could be found. That's what creates the trouble.
Obviously, the laws have changed and tightened in this regard over the years.
But I go back to my early days of spying on babes with binoculars. I wrote in my book about my being a high school student (I was still 17 when I graduated) and seeing a couple of classmates who were neighbors stark naked when they were maybe 15 or 16. But I only saw what I wanted to see with binoculars. I never took any photos to send or show others. I saw what I saw and enjoyed every second of it.
In later years, it is possible I have spyed on girls who are underage. As you know, some teenage babes are more developed than gals in their 20's and 30's.
Here's hoping that these boys in school will become aware of how not to get in trouble over this.