Sexting among young people is currently a crime – Interior Minister Faeser is in favor of defusing it.
Possessing and distributing child pornography is a felony, not a misdemeanor, as of 2021. The minimum penalty is one year. Due to the tightened paragraph 184b of the penal code, this is also bad for people under the age of 14. Nudes that young people send to each other fall under child pornography.
💡 Young people under the age of 14 are not criminally responsible. Once they reach criminal age and still have the videos or images on their cell phone or laptop, it is considered possession of child pornography. Then it is punishable as a crime. By the way: This also applies to photos and videos that the sender took himself.
💡 Between 14 and 18 years old it is allowed to send nudes to each other. But they can’t be forwarded to anyone else, and as soon as the person in the photo or video requests it, they must be deleted.
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Federal Interior Minister Faeser: Investigating authorities have “more room to fight the really bad crimes”
Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser is in favor of relaxing sex criminal law. Because there are “sensitive penalties” for sexting among young people. Faeser calls for talking about the risks rather than punishing young people. A defuse would also give the authorities more time to fight really bad cases. The federal and state justice ministers are currently negotiating to correct sex criminal law.
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