Teens, it’s been found, routinely refer to the act of photosharing via Snapchat as “sending a message” rather than as “sending a photo” and describe their interactions as “chatting through pictures.” They constitute “visual conversations” or a form of “visual texting”. Indeed, according to some scholars, digital images are the same as words for young people (insert surprised-face emoticon here). This requires some acknowledgement of the role of images in young people’s lives.
The failures of law to address the vast majority of non-consensual intimate image distribution (NCIID) cases becomes clearer when we make an effort to understand why someone might distribute another person’s “nude” without permission. Without denying the emotional distress some may experience when their nude images are shared without permission, criminal law is not only a blunt tool, it’s the wrong tool, for responding to cases such as this one. None of the females provided victim impact statements, however news reports indicate that some of the young women were very hurt by this breach of trust and wanted the matter to be taken seriously. The boys-who ranged in age from 13 to 16 at the time of the offences-shared nude and semi nude images of 19 girls via a Dropbox folder. Six teenage boys dubbed the “ Dropbox Six” were recently sentenced to a conditional discharge after pleading guilty to sharing “intimate images” contrary to s.
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