Oregon Lawmakers Tackle Sexting
I know the “sexting” phenomenon is a cell phone thing… but it’s all relative to the same principle: monitoring the powerful technology you give young (aka immature and non-life-savvy) kids.
The legislators in Oregon are tackling Sexting with a move to update a 2007 law to include provisions to outlaw the sexual corruption of a child via text messaging.
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April 2, 2009
Bill targets ’sexting’ of minors
By Peter Wong, Statesman JournalThe use of telephone text messages and photos by sexual predators to lure victims would be outlawed under a bill that has cleared the Oregon House.
House Bill 2641, which moved to the Senate on a 59-1 vote, is aimed at a practice known as “sexting.” It updates a 2007 law that defines “online sexual corruption of a child” by violators age 18 and older.
“Last year, law enforcement was not able to take action on an incident involving a high school teacher and a female student because there was no crime for illicit text messaging,” said Rep. Andy Olson, R-Albany, one of the bill’s chief sponsors. “Though the teacher was eventually removed through administrative action, the principal asked for text messaging to be added to the statute.”
The other chief sponsor is Rep. Sherrie Sprenger, R-Scio, who said the Legislature must keep pace with new technologies that predators can use to lure children.
