Teens Flashing On Webcam

As if the rampant texting and sexting weren’t worrying enough, federal prosecutors and online child safety advocates are reporting an alarming new trend: teens flashing on webcam are being blackmailed by pornographers who threaten to publish nude cell phone photos or explicit videos of them on MySpace and Facebook; such posts then make their way onto websites offering flash videos – creating a vicious cycle of abuse for which many may never recover.

Exposure of any sort is illegal – regardless of its form. Incessant flashing online, like indecent exposure that takes place directly, can be highly upsetting and upheavalful for victims and survivors, with lasting impacts that have an impactful lasting effect.