Facebook report sparks Danish crackdown on underage sex post

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Danish police have charged 1,004 young people with distributing sexually explicit material of two 15-year-olds following a tip-off from Facebook Inc. The activity may constitute distribution of child pornography, the Danish National Police said on Monday. The case is "very large and complex," Police Inspector Lau Thygesen said. "We've taken the matter very seriously as it has big consequences for those involved." [...]

Those facing charges range in age from 15 years to people in their 20s, [Flemming] Kjaerside [a police superintendent for Denmark's National Crime Center] said. About 800 are male. If convicted, they face possible prison sentences and will be shut out of some professions such as childcare, Kjaerside said. They may also face immigration restrictions to the U.S.

source: Article 'Facebook Report Sparks Danish Crackdown on Underage Sex Post' by Frances Schwartzkopff; www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-15/facebook-report-sparks-danish-crackdown-on-underage-sex-posts; Bloomberg; 15 January 2018