The Schenectady Daily Gazette reports:
Some teenagers — and even adults – are discovering that “sexting,” sending nude images by phone or computer, can quickly escalate from a private communication to wide distribution on the Internet.
Fulton County District Attorney Louise K. Sira warned Tuesday that what some may regard as harmless fun or flirtation often backfires on the participants. In some cases — including two that recently passed through her office — creating and/or disseminating the images rises to the level of a crime.
More often, she said, the images of young people are soon available to classmates and result in embarrassment and humiliation.
