Dive Deep

This needs to be said: although I may err on occasion, my goal is to never reblog a pic of a person who looks to be under 25 years of age.

I urge my fellow adult Tumblr-folk to embrace the same policy.  Underage pics are illegal, exploitative, and sick. If you cannot verify the source of a photo, DO NOT POST IT OR REBLOG IT.

About 30% of child pornography is self-generated.  Teenagers are doing what all teenagers do: exploring their bodies and sexuality, and looking to connect with others who are doing the same thing.

The difference between now and even a few years ago is that those teenagers have access to Snapchat and Tumblr.  They share and post pics a little naively, either with friends or when coerced by predators.  The pics get saved by the people they send them to.  They are shared or stored without the consent of their subjects.

Pedophiles love it: all their work is done for them.

Sick people collect these pics; they store them and share them.  They use them to “punish”, victimize, and exploit the children who are depicted in them. if you post or reblog these pics, you are enabling child predators and doing irreparable harm to children.

This is serious. Kids kill themselves over shit like this.  The sharing of child pornography is not a victimless crime.

I just scrolled past a series of obviously-stolen Snapchat screen captures of nude boys in my feed.  Unacceptable. Please do not be part of the problem.