This is how expansively prosecutors, whose main purpose in life is to ruin as many people as possible, interpret laws passed to protect children from sexual exploitation.
Comment: The for-profit prison industry is quite lucrative, but needs a steady supply of inmates, thus it appears the laws are being widely interpreted to insure their revenue streams and perhaps to enrich local officials as well.
Sexting—the exchange of nude photographs—is now a big thing among the 14-17 year old set, especially among females. They have transitioned from children to women and find the extraordinary change in their bodies an interesting phenomenon. Under the expansive interpretation of child pornography laws, for an under 18-year old to even possess a nude photo of herself or himself is a violation of the law. Thanks to the illegal, unconstitutional surveillence of every communication of every American sanctioned by the US government and the corrupt Supreme Court that serves the government and not the Constitution, a naked photo sent by an under-18 year-old can be intercepted and the sender prosecuted for possessing, manufacturing, and distributing child pornography.
Teenagers can have their life ruined by the government "protecting" them.
Comment: A perfect example of the ponerization of society, where children are subjected to a continuous bombardment of sexual messages from early ages, making them perfect targets for pedophiles, and then further endangering them by throwing them in jail. Since many of these predators are in positions of power, it's becoming clear that the intent is to victimize as many children as possible, while protecting the pedophiles.