Introduction

Taming the Wild West: Online Excesses, Reactions and Overreactions

“…59 Hasinoff correctly points out that observers, from school officials and prosecutors to media pundits and even legal scholars, too often conflate voluntary sexting by the person whose picture is being transmitted, or being an intended recipient, with maliciously distributing the pictures beyond their intended audience without the creator's consent. 60 She argues convincingly that the person who transmits the sext without the creator's consent is invading the creator's digital and personal privacy, which can often have serious repercussions. Consent, she insists, must be explicit.…”