There is a huge amount of buzz going around about Snapchat teen porn. With over 150 million users, Snapchat is no stranger to controversy, but can this latest development in the young adult generation fit into the same category?
According to media sources, Snapchat may have to face a Federal investigation. The news team has said, “Snapchat teens may be taking inappropriate pictures of themselves.”
The camera feature on Snapchat may have a role to play. People have been asking, “Why would someone need to snap a picture of a teenager in such a sexually suggestive manner?” It seems like a basic question to ask, but this is the most recent example of images and messages being leaked via a network that is meant to keep adults away from children.
And since a lot of teenagers are fond of doing things behind their parents’ backs, it’s hard to imagine what could be worse than seeing Snapchat teen porn. Just because this was a few images and not real sex, doesn’t mean it didn’t make parents and teachers cringe. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.
If you’re one of the many teenagers who use Snapchat, you should think twice before sending out snaps of your underwear in order to make people jealous. I don’t want to scare people, but some of the images you send out could be very harmful.
Kids have become extremely desensitized to the extent that the topic of Snapchat teen porn has been front and center. They spend hours trying to see if their friends have sent out pictures that were edited to make them appear more explicit. Just because it’s Snapchat, it doesn’t mean these images won’t be seen by your friends.
Sexual content is now a part of the global communication platform. The internet is just one stop on the way kids find out about things that they shouldn’t know about. Now, it’s so easy for a child to get away with pornography. They can even start at the start by watching “girly” sites where there are tons of porn-themed videos and images.
Teenagers are less cautious with social media than they were when it was still only a few years old. The concept of cyber-bullying has taken over and “sexting” has brought the issue of sexting with it. Now, teens just aren’t afraid to send out images of their genitals.
One of the most disturbing things about Snapchat teen porn is that it gives pedophile’s more of an excuse to exploit young children. If a man or woman can find a way to manipulate a minor and then send them private snaps via Snapchat, then there is no reason they shouldn’t be able to find ways to get online and find child predators. Because of that, Snapchat needs to make a change immediately.
Snapchat could potentially take steps to protect minors while still allowing adults to view the photographs. It could use a clicker-based photo-upload feature, which most teens these days are savvy enough to use. Otherwise, they could easily get away with Snapchat teen porn.
It’s too bad that Snapchat failed to see that this type of thing would happen. Since everyone knows how teens think, they should have had a way to block this kind of content. But hey, Snapchat is just another social media site that everyone uses, and it may not even be the main source of this problem.
We all need to look at what’s happening in the world of technology in order to come up with ways that Snapchat can protect its users. The most pressing problem is that it doesn’t actually prevent people from downloading child pornography. And even though a teen snap might not look as horrific as a naked child, those pictures could still be harmful to an unsuspecting youngster.
