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Teens charged over child pornography Instagram account with 'cruel comments'

Followers were encouraged to post sexually explicit images of teens in the area to “expose” them.

THREE TEENAGERS IN Florida have been arrested in connection with an Instagram account that featured naked pictures of juveniles.

The account had nude and sexually explicit images of a number of young people from the Broward County area. It solicited followers to post explicit images of their peers in order to “expose” them.

When Pembroke Police Department began investigating the account in December 2014, the account had 500 followers who posted images of teens in the area and included their names and other personal information.

Followers also “harassed the victims by posting cruel comments in response to the images,” police said. They were able to identify the three teens who created the account and they have all been charged with electronic transmission of child pornography.

Their names are not being realised by police because they are juveniles. However the Sun Senitel reports that they are 12 and 15-year-old boys and one 13-year-old girl.

Police have urged the community to pay close attention to their children’s online activity.

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    Feb 13th 2015, 12:41 PM

    Having a child porn conviction by the age of 12 when your voice and sack probably hasn’t dropped yet just sounds absurd. Before social media this would be unheard of.

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    Feb 13th 2015, 1:32 PM

    Derek, whilst I mostly agree with your comment mentioning a 12yr old’s voice and sack is unnecessary and makes you out to be a perv

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    Feb 13th 2015, 1:35 PM

    What about the children they shamed? Imagine a naked picture of yourself with comments from your peers on the Internet at that age? I do not feel sorry for him, it was wrong and he would have known it was wrong. Now it is him who has to be shamed.

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    Mute Michael Sands
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    Feb 13th 2015, 4:45 PM

    It puts those children at risk then.

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    Mute Derek
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    Feb 13th 2015, 5:26 PM

    Fair enough Brian, just thinking back to the child I was at 12, and how immature I was and to have something like this happen.

    Oh I certainly don’t condone what the little sh*ts did, they deserve punishment. I’m just thinking in 10 years time looking for a job and having to state a child porn conviction on your record if work requires one and having to say eh ya it was from when I was 12 will likely raise a few eyebrows!
    Reminded me of the story of a teen couple and the boy was charged with distribution of child porn as the girls mother found his picture on her daughters phone. How niave I was as a kid, I’d never have imagined being convicted of sharing pics of myself with my girlfriend. Now he has a record for life, crazy.

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    Feb 13th 2015, 1:22 PM

    lesson to all parents to monitor their childrens’ activities on the net

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    Mute Joe
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    Feb 13th 2015, 1:02 PM

    Child pornography is a precursor to a abuse. Lock them up.

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    Mute Shane Diffily
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    Feb 13th 2015, 12:08 PM

    They need a selfiecop.com

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    Mute Michael Sands
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    Feb 13th 2015, 4:44 PM

    Dirty gits…

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