Tinder has raised the minimum age to 18 a few years ago, so I'm pretty sure she can rightfully count on anyone dm'ing her a dick pic to be old enough. As to the permission: a specific man would have to recognize his specific pen15 for her to get into trouble. That's also the case for the minor scenario. I think she can relax.
It doesn't actually matter if the person sharing the content is supposed to be over the age of consent. It doesn't even matter if the person in the picture is NOW over the age of consent. If the person depicted in the content is under the age of consent in the picture in all likelihood falls under the child pornography laws. Receiving it may be forgivable if she has a lawyer, but by posting it in her project she is now actively redistributing content that is considered an active crime scene.
Arguing that she was using it for a class project (that it's unclear if she even made the people she received the content from aware of) is sure to go over really well. As is arguing that it's difficult to recognize who it came from. The police have been known to be very understanding when someone posts a 14 year olds genitals in a place they are likely to be seen by at least a few dozen people. They especially love it when you try and tell them "well it's not like their name is on it or anything."
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Most likely no one will ever actually look into it. But considering the actual risks involved, and the fact that she should be actively doing her damndest to make sure she's NOT exploiting children with her carelessness, it hardly seems worthwhile.
I realize they provided a pic of their own free will, but not for an art project. Since she used for public display instead of private viewing, this is a violation of their consent.
I’m not sure if she’s relying on anonymity, sexism, or just not caring but we have laws about this sort of thing.
(I do understand she doesn’t seem to have cultivated any relationship prior to the ask, but unless she specifically said it was for display/art project, it’s wrong.
Of course, if they provided it without asking her if she wanted it first, then they have no right to consent. I mean, clearly in that case ‘consent’ is not an important principle for them.)
I think the convenient thing is, as long as their face isn't in the shot, most men won't care. It's very unlikely unless they've got a VD or a big mole or someone that anyone might recognize them by their penis and even then they still probably wouldn't care unless it was their significant other and they'd been stepping out. Someone actually tried to blackmail me by threatening to put pics like this on a website and I thought, if any of my coworkers can recognize me by my dick their probably not going to want to say that out loud. But, I did date a girl that did cam shows so maybe I'm just a lot more liberal about where my dong shows up, as long as my face is out of it
look up revenge porn laws. Basically speaking, if a sexual image was sent to you privately posting it publicly is a breach of said law and subject to up to 2 years in prison
You're right, I responded to your last message but yeah, legally you're correct. But if my dong's on there I don't care as long as they can't see my face
Thank you @bethorien. Yeah, if you use Tinder, the objective is to get off Tinder. Same as any dating app. You match, send four or five messages then ask for their phone number.
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Most likely no one will ever actually look into it. But considering the actual risks involved, and the fact that she should be actively doing her damndest to make sure she's NOT exploiting children with her carelessness, it hardly seems worthwhile.
I’m not sure if she’s relying on anonymity, sexism, or just not caring but we have laws about this sort of thing.
Of course, if they provided it without asking her if she wanted it first, then they have no right to consent. I mean, clearly in that case ‘consent’ is not an important principle for them.)