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Advocate Bonnie Currie-Gamwo says the law clearly outlines this as a criminal offence. "It's irrelevant what the purpose was for taking the picture. But any image of a naked child is child pornography and the reason for that is quite simple; it can be abused. What you do innocently, others take and they abuse it."<br> | Advocate Bonnie Currie-Gamwo says the law clearly outlines this as a criminal offence. "It's irrelevant what the purpose was for taking the picture. But any image of a naked child is child pornography and the reason for that is quite simple; it can be abused. What you do innocently, others take and they abuse it."<br> | ||
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<i>source: Article < 'Posting naked pics of your kids is illegal' >; ewn.co.za/2014/06/09/Naked-child- pics-on-social-media-illegal; Eye Witness News; 8 June 2014</i> | <i>source: Article < 'Posting naked pics of your kids is illegal' >; ewn.co.za/2014/06/09/Naked-child-pics-on-social-media-illegal; Eye Witness News; 8 June 2014</i> | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:11, 26 May 2017
Parents have been warned, taking pictures of their naked babies and children and posting it to social media sites is a criminal offence. The National Authority (NPA) views this as a form of child pornography. [...]
Advocate Bonnie Currie-Gamwo says the law clearly outlines this as a criminal offence. "It's irrelevant what the purpose was for taking the picture. But any image of a naked child is child pornography and the reason for that is quite simple; it can be abused. What you do innocently, others take and they abuse it."
source: Article < 'Posting naked pics of your kids is illegal' >; ewn.co.za/2014/06/09/Naked-child-pics-on-social-media-illegal; Eye Witness News; 8 June 2014