When a School Has a Sexting Scandal

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Note to Self

Nov 11, 2015

Last week, Cañon City, Colorado discovered that dozens of students at the local high school had been taking and trading nude photographs "like baseball cards," shaking up the parents, police, and schools. In a town best-known for one of the tallest suspension bridges in the world, this was – to put it mildly – big news. 

According to local reporter Sarah Rose, residents of the town have been pretty much unable to talk about anything else since. And the rest of the world has come knocking as well – media outlets from New York to Japan have shown up to chronicle the unfolding drama. It's a whole lot of anxiety and it's a compelling story: Through an anonymous tip, authorities discovered a system of nude photos hidden away in secret "vault" apps on students' phones. The apps – disguised as calculators or media players – hid more than 400 revealing photos. According to Fremont County District Attorney Thom LeDoux, even some of the teens involved could face charges related to the production, possession and distribution of sexual exploitative material.

excerpt from : http://www.wnyc.org/story/why-care-about-sexting/