Monday, March 30, 2009

Is That "Sexting" Pic Illegal? A Scientific Test

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday March 30, @10:17AM

from the i-like-the-testing-part dept.
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Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton writes"Summary: Amid the latest "sexting" controversy, here is a proposal for a scientifically objective method to determine whether a picture constitutes child pornography. This is a harder problem than it seems, but not for the reasons you'd think. And it raises questions about how the same scientific principles could be applied to other matters of law."Read More

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