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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have been using media to talk\Nabout sex for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love letters, phone sex, racy polaroids.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's even a story of a girl who eloped\Nwith a man that she met over the telegraph
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1886.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today we have sexting,\Nand I am a sexting expert.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not an expect sexter.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though, I do know what this means,\NI think you do too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have been studying sexting since \Nthe media attention to it began in 2008.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote a book on the moral\Npanic about sexting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's what I found:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most people are worrying\Nabout the wrong thing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're trying to just prevent\Nsexting from happening entirely.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let me ask you this:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As long as it's completely consensual,\Nwhat's the problem with sexting?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are into all sorts of things\Nthat you may not be into,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like blue cheese or cilantro.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sexting is certainly risky,\Nlike anything that's fun,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as long as you're not sending an image\Nto someone who doesn't want to receive it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no harm.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I do think is a serious problem is\Nwhen people share private images of others
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without their permission.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And instead of worrying about sexting,\Nwhat I think we need to do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is think a lot more about digital privacy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The key is consent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now most people are thinking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about sexting without really thinking\Nabout consent at all.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know we currently\Ncriminalize teen sexting?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be a crime because it counts\Nas child pornography,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there's an image of someone under 18\Nand it doesn't even matter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they took that image of themselves\Nand shared it willingly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we end up with this\Nbizarre legal situation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where two 17-year-olds\Ncan legally have sex in most U.S. states
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they can't photograph it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some states have also tried passing\Nsexting misdemeanor laws
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but these laws repeat the same problem
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they still make\Nconsensual sexting illegal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't make sense
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to ban all sexting\Nto try to address privacy violations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is kind of like saying,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's solve the problem of date rape\Nby just making dating completely illegal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most teens don't get arrested for sexting,\Nbut can you guess who does?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's often teens who are disliked\Nby their partner's parent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this can be because of class bias,\Nracism or homophobia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most prosecutors are smart enough\Nnot to use child pornography charges
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against teenagers but some do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to researchers\Nat the University of New Hampshire
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seven percent of all child pornography\Npossession arrests are teens,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexting consensually with other teens.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Child pornography is a serious crime,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's just not\Nthe same thing as teen sexting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parents and educators are also\Nresponding to sexting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without really thinking\Ntoo much about consent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their message to teens is often,\Njust don't do it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I totally get it,\Nthere are serious legal risks
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course,\Nthat potential for privacy violations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you were a teen,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure you did exactly\Nas you were told, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're probably thinking,\Nmy kid would never sext.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's true, your little angel\Nmay not be sexting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because only 33% of 16 and\N17-year-olds are sexting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, sorry, by the time they're older,\Nodds are they will be sexting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every study I've seen puts the rate\Nabove 50% for 18 to 24-year-olds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of the time,\Nnothing goes wrong.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People ask me all the time things like,\Nisn't sexting just so dangerous, though,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like you wouldn't leave your wallet\Non a park bench and you expect
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's gonna get stolen\Nif you do that, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's how I think about it:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexting is like leaving your wallet\Nat your boyfriend's house.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you come back the next day
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the money is just gone,\Nyou really need to dump that guy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So instead of criminalizing sexting to try\Nto prevent these privacy violations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead we need to make consent central
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how we think about the circulation\Nof our private information.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every new media technology\Nraises privacy concerns.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in the U.S. the very first\Nmajor debates about privacy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were in response to technologies\Nthat were relatively new at the time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the late 1800s, people were\Nworried about cameras,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which were just suddenly more portable\Nthan ever before,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and newspaper gossip columns.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were worried that the camera\Nwould capture information about them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take it out of context\Nand widely disseminate it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does this sound familiar?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's exactly what we're worrying about\Nnow with social media and drone cameras.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, of course, sexting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these fears about technology,\Nthey make sense because technologies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can amplify and bring out\Nour worst qualities and behaviors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are solutions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've been here before\Nwith a dangerous new technology.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1908, Ford introduced the Model T car.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traffic fatality rates were rising.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a serious problem --\Nit looks so safe, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our first response was to try\Nto change drivers behavior,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we developed speed limits and\Nenforced them through fines.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But over the following decades,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started to realize the technology\Nof the car itself is not just neutral.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could design the car to make it safer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the 1920s, we got\Nshatter-resistant windshields.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 1950s, seatbelts.\NAnd in the 1990s, airbags.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All three of these areas:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laws, individuals, industry\Ncame together
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over time to help solve the problem\Nthat a new technology causes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can do the same thing with digital privacy. Of course, it comes back to consent. Here's the idea. Before anyone can distribute your private information, they should have to get your permission. This idea of affirmative consent comes from anti-rape activists who tell us that we need consent for every sexual act. And we have really high standards for consent in a lot of other areas. Think about having surgery. Your doctor has to make sure that you are meaningfully and knowingly consenting to that medical procedure. This is not the type of consent with an iTunes Terms of Service where you scroll to the bottom and you're like, agree, agree, whatever. If we think more about consent, we can have better privacy laws. Right now we just don't have that many protections. If your ex-husband or your ex-wife is a terrible person, they can take your nude photos and upload them to a porn site. It can be really hard to get those images taken down. And in a lot of states, you're actually better off if you took the images of yourself because then you can file a copyright claim. RIght now, if someone violates your privacy, whether that's an individual or a company or the NSA, you can try filing a lawsuit, though you may not be successful because many courts assume that digital privacy is just impossible. So they're not willing to punish anyone for violating it. I still hear people asking me all the time, isn't a digital image somehow blurring the line between public and private because it's digital, right? No! No! Everything digital is not just automatically public. That doesn't make any sense. As NYU legal scholar Helen Nissenbaum tells us, we have laws and policies and norms that protect all kinds of information that's private, and it doesn't make difference if it's digital or not. All of your health records are digitized but your doctor can't just share them with anyone. All of your financial information is held in digital databases, but your credit card company can't just post your purchase history online. Better laws could help address privacy violations after they happen, but one of the easiest things we can all do is make personal changes to help protect each other's privacy. We're always told that privacy is our own, sole, individual responsibility. We're told, constantly monitor