TALIBAN RULES

Internet prank kids warned they face years in jail and $10,000 fines.

Four youths accused of hijacking a fellow student’s Facebook page and posting indecent photographs have been formally charged by South Australian Police.
A 16-year-old and three 13-year-olds were reported for exhibiting indecent material. The incident is part of an ongoing school bullying issue.
The allegedly indecent material was reported by the registered user of the page, a 13-year-old boy.
Police warned teenagers who swapped indecent material, no matter the original intent.
“What kids might see as a prank are serious offences,” he said.
“You cannot take photographs of minors of a sexual nature, it’s regarded as child pornography.
“You cannot take photographs of people’s private parts. You commit an offence by taking and you then commit an offence by posting them on the net or even sending them via SMS.”
The maximum penalty for obtaining or exchanging child pornography is a $10,000 fine and up to six years jail.

Police said issues that could constitute criminal activities included the practice in some sporting clubs of girls flashing their breasts and youths taking photographs of their genitalia “because they think it’s a joke”.