The editor's selection at Mainichi Daily News' video forum this week was entitled, "Teens beware: nude pics of self may be child porn." The video that is attributed to the Associated Press, relays that some officials in Virginia plan on prosecuting Teenagers for taking pictures of themselves in the nude with their cell phones and then sending the picture to their friends via e-mail. A government spokes person says the concern is that the pictures will basically be online forever, since there is no way to delete them or get rid of them once they are on the Internet. A Parent comments that it is frightening because there are so many predators that use the Internet and fears for the children's safety.
Obviously, this piece of news not only follows the news guidelines of being rather scandalous and novel, but it also comes from an outside news source. So far, there hasn't really been a single piece of news that the Japanese websites have posted that does not come from the AP, reuters, or other such news associations. Given that it is a rather small town down in Virginia that the news is taking place, it would probably take up a lot of time and money for a Japanese news team to make it down there. Perhaps, this epitomizes the considerations that even both the old and new media must take regarding news as a commodity market. While their job is to get the information out, they must also take into consideration the financial side of the business.
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