Sexting between children not automatically a crime, says CPS

New guidelines published to help prosecutors decide when to act on reports of online harassment and abuseInternet users who post derogatory hashtags or humiliating Photoshopped images could face prosecution under new legal guidelines.But sexting – exchanging sexualised images – between those aged under 18 should not normally become the subject of a police investigation if it involves children of a similar age in a relationship, the Crown Prosecution Service has recommended. Continue