Girl's photos published on the Web

A Canadian man who, with a camera phone, took nude pictures of his 17-year-old girlfriend and published them on the Web was convicted and imprisoned for distributing child pornography, Reuters reported this week. He was sentenced to six months and "will be banned from using a cellphone or computer for two years after he is released." Because of the nature of the Web, the tragedy is that the girl's photos can be copied and circulated around the world indefinitely, all copies of which would be difficult if not impossible to find, much less removed from the Web or all the computer hard drives connected to it. Here's a link to one educator's view on how parents and educators need to help kids think through implications like these.