On
3rd Degree tonight, 18 January 2011:
Episode Title: Sexting
Teaser ... Teenagers talk to each other on computers and cell phones incessantly, using chat services like the popular Mxit. Sometimes these cell phone chats with total strangers get sexy, and arrangements are made to meet in the real world - and engage in sex.
Teenagers take photographs of themselves naked or videos of each other having sex. Then send these explicit images to friends.
This dangerous new trend called ‘sexting’ is escalating. And the consequences are dire. A girl sends a boyfriend a naked picture of herself on her cell phone, they break up - and within hours he has sent it to the entire school.
Are these teenagers creating and disseminating child pornography?
3rd Degree investigates.
3rd Degree is on e.tv on Tuesdays at 21h30.