It turns out that high school students were sharing nude photos of high school girls on Dropbox
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It has been discovered that several high school students in the Mountain View district of Silicon Valley in the United States have been sharing nude photos of girls under the age of 18 using the online storage service 'Dropbox.' According to police reports, the suspects are also under the age of 18, but there is no specific relationship between the suspects and the victims. This suggests that a crime different from so-called ' revenge porn ' is rampant among high school students.
Mountain View: High school nude picture-sharing scheme investigated by police
http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/12/12/mountain-view-high-school-nude-file-sharing-scheme-investigated-by-police/
Police investigating South Bay students' sharing of explicit photos online - San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Police-investigating-South-Bay-students-10788465.php
On August 28, 2016, Mountain View Police notified officials at a public high school in the city about underage students sharing 'inappropriate' photos using an online storage service. The Dropbox accounts in question have been frozen and inaccessible by police, but it is unclear how long the accounts had been in use. Police have not disclosed the number of suspects, the number of victims, or the names of the schools involved, but a source close to the police said five high schools in Mountain View are under investigation.
Seven investigators from the police's juvenile division, cybersecurity division, and cyber forensics division are investigating the case. No arrests have been made so far, but police are questioning many students. The police have not released details, but one spokesperson said, 'This is a crime that is likely to lead to arrest.'
While there have been numerous cases of high school students uploading nude images to the internet by their partners, a practice often seen in revenge porn and sexting , in this case, the perpetrator and victim are not believed to be in a relationship. While Mountain View police reported this as the first case of minors using Dropbox to share sexually explicit photos, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that cases of minors posting sexually explicit photos of themselves on online platforms have been reported across the United States.
Lindsay Lieberman, an attorney specializing in internet privacy, said, 'Teenage boys and girls are particularly vulnerable to the harm of posting illegal photos, so schools and police need to be educated on how to deal with this type of situation.'
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