No, @Craig, punishment by oneself upon oneself is enough. A lesson learned will most likely be carried forward the rest of one’s days. There are exceptions to that as there is always, but you don’t let the exceptions ruin it for the rest who are doing what they need to do.

As the Quakers did with penitence, it was for rehabilitation and considering one’s crime to learn from, not be beaten about it for the rest of their days. (https://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/20/Crime-and-Justice)

I say show minors the inside of a real jail or prison, not what they see glamorized in video productions, or even experience something similar to it and they will have a lesson they will never forget.

Very well said. We need to get to the problem at the personal level, and at home. We should not rely on the court system to “adjust” someone’s life. It is based on punishment, not recovery. We are human and make poor choices, but should the punishment be banishment for life?

It is first a parenting problem that turns into a police problem when it leaves the house and impacts others who are not in the house, but are classmates, et al. Societal ills will always be there and will continue to grow, so parents needs to step up and do what they can to parent, but will have to trust their children to do what is best with the info they can. Minors cannot be put into a bubble from life or they will be less than adjusted adults. Those in the position of law application need to adjust and do what they can to inform and grow wise children into adults also without taking a big hammer to a small nail, i.e., too big a tool will ruin for a lifetime. Unfortunately, those big hammers feel that is best when it comes making lessons known.

I agree, who is looking at porn at 10 years old…perhaps there is something wrong with her!?! At any rate, the parents are still 100% at fault and to blame with no exception. They have ONE JOB and ONE JOB only which is to raise their offspring. Clearly they failed.

What does it mean “13% of users under the age of 16 experienced unwanted sexual advances in the previous 7 days.”? The article states that their peers are sending these illegal images to each other.

I say TURN THEM IN TO THE POLICE! Let’s see these hordes of facing jail time and then time on the sex offender registry! Don’t try to pass the buck on this claiming victim-hood – that card is totally played out at this point.

Time to press charges (the students and the parents) and perhaps once the absurdity is experienced by more and more families they might just take steps to make these laws more reasonable.

Sure people just want to get off the registry and others want to stop it whether it hurts some or many. Course the bottom line is porn is big bucks, Governments seem to want to snare others by this trap and when the damage is done it comes down to a choice or a decision of the individual. Hey what people do is up to them but their is a moral lesson in all.

Porn is immoral plain and simple. Oh our righteousness well its as filthy rags as the bible says. Our government well they turn a blind eye by allowing it and the school kids they don’t even understand this porn enticement they just want to be part of the crowd. All of this weighs on biblical and moral values. Those who have ears should understand.

And how exactly does this relate to the issue at hand??: “13% of users under the age of 16 experienced unwanted sexual advances in the previous 7 days.”
Entirely unrelated to issue of creating AI pornography, or for that matter, viewing pornography*.

*Which also does not relate directly to creation of AI porn.

People have warned of this for years. Now it is here.