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Judicial officials: 'Sexting' among acquaintances not targeted
By Guan Xiaomeng (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-02-06 14:56
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An official from the Supreme People's Court clarified Friday that the crackdown on pornography on mobile phones targets those who "sext" to the public, not to each other.
Hu Yunteng, director of the Court's research center, said sending lewd messages to friends or spouses is not covered in the Criminal Law. "There is no victim as long as both of sender and receiver like it", Hu said.
Chen Guoiqing, director of the research center of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said the law punishes those who spread pornography "in public" and "in serious cases". The director added that "serious cases" referrs to a large quantity of texting and receivers.
A recent report saying Guangdong is set to ban cell phones that send more than 300 lewd messages generated a hot discussion about the criterion of ban.
"If a person sends 299 lewd messages, will he be punished?" "My friends and I like to exchange these kind of messages, I don't see anything wrong at all", people wrote in online forums posts.
