want to go to school or do anything social. Kaylee might be bullied or harassed by people who have seen or heard about the photo. Kaylee might become depressed and even suicidal. For mates might feel If they are any more than Victoria Legal Aid, Noah’s Noah’s mates pretty happy at first to get two years older than Youthlaw or a local the photo. Or they might Kaylee, they will be community legal centre feel a bit embarrassed breaking child abuse Trusted adult about having it. material laws by having School counsellor the pic. If they are found They may feel pressured to guilty of this, they could Kids Helpline send the photo on to others. be charged. They may feel worried If they send the pic to about having the photo on anyone else, they could their phones and be charged with computers. distributing an intimate They might be stressed image. from all the different The police may want to opinions and advice they’re talk to them if they getting from friends, investigate Noah. Their students, teachers and parents might get police. They may not want involved too. to go to school, or talk to anyone. Activity two Debate: Charge him! – Debate topic: Pham should be charged with breaking the law Case study: Pham is 15. He and his friends go out to a party on the weekend. The group starts playing party tricks. Pham decides to take photos of his dick and text the photos to girls at the party. friends all think pretty funny. Stacy, who is 18, gets a text message from Pham with a Pham’s it’s photo of his She thinks gross but sort of funny, and keeps it on her phone to send to ‘dick trick’. it’s her school friends. Questions for participants to think about when writing their arguments: Question: What does the law say about Pham taking the pics?
want to go to school or do anything social. Kaylee might be bullied or harassed by people who have seen or heard about the photo. Kaylee might become depressed and even suicidal. For Noah’s mates Noah’s mates might feel pretty happy at first to get the photo. Or they might feel a bit embarrassed about having it. They may feel pressured to send the photo on to others. They may feel worried about having the photo on their phones and computers. They might be stressed from all the different opinions and advice they’re getting from friends, students, teachers and police. They may not want to go to school, or talk to anyone. If they are any more than two years older than Kaylee, they will be breaking child abuse material laws by having the pic. If they are found guilty of this, they could be charged. If they send the pic to anyone else, they could be charged with distributing an intimate image. The police may want to talk to them if they investigate Noah. Their parents might get involved too. Victoria Legal Aid, Youthlaw or a local community legal centre Trusted adult School counsellor Kids Helpline Activity two – Debate: Charge him! Debate topic: Pham should be charged with breaking the law Case study: Pham is 15. He and his friends go out to a party on the weekend. The group starts playing party tricks. Pham decides to take photos of his dick and text the photos to girls at the party. Pham’s friends all think it’s pretty funny. Stacy, who is 18, gets a text message from Pham with a photo of his ‘dick trick’. She thinks it’s gross but sort of funny, and keeps it on her phone to send to her school friends. Questions for participants to think about when writing their arguments: Question: What does the law say about Pham taking the pics?
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