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Note to Self

Sext Education: Teens, Photos, and the Law

Note to Self

WNYC Studios

Self-improvement, Tech, Note, Npr, Education, Public, Wnyc, Manoush, York, To, New, Self, Radio, Business, Technology, Relationships, City, Society & Culture, Zomorodi, Newtechcity

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2016

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode, Manoush goes to North Carolina to find out why a high school star quarterback and his girlfriend were charged with felonies for sending each other racy (or romantic, depending on your point of view) photos. Turns out the U.S. is at a crazy cultural crossroads when it comes to teenagers, sexting, and the law.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Fun fact, in the state of North Carolina, two sixteen-year-olds can have consensual sex

0:07.6

without breaking the law.

0:10.6

They're old enough, but they cannot send or receive an naked picture of each other.

0:17.9

That is illegal.

0:18.9

Actually, it's a felony.

0:21.2

Take it from District Court Judge Stephen Stokes.

0:24.1

Some of them think that they can put them in these little photo vaults or they can, you

0:27.8

know, snap check sort of gives them the impression that these pictures would disappear after

0:33.6

say ten seconds and nobody will ever see them.

0:36.7

So one day you're going to grow up and I can be sixteen anymore.

0:39.5

You're going to go get a job somewhere.

0:45.6

On this week's episode, a different kind of story about teenagers and sexing and the

0:50.9

law and why we are at a really crazy cultural crossroads when it comes to all three.

0:57.6

This note to self, the tech show about being human, I'm a new summer ody.

1:02.7

Shock and shame.

1:03.7

The newest sexting scandal involving underage too.

1:06.5

Cell phones can be dangerous in the hands of young people.

1:11.2

So we hear about these so-called scandalous situations every so often.

1:16.1

Kids being coerced into sending pictures of themselves and then those pictures going

1:21.0

all over the place.

1:22.9

But what if a couple sends each other photos because, I don't know, they're in love.

1:49.0

They are boyfriend, girlfriend.

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