Beware California students, you could be expelled for “sexting” on campus

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A California state lawmaker has come up with a new way to combat what he has defined as "sexting," but what most of us might define as "revenge porn."

Specifically, Asm. Ed Chau’s (D-Monterey Park) new bill would empower public schools to expel students under 18 who engage in the potentially degrading behavior.

According to the draft legislation, which was formally introduced late last month in the California Assembly, sexting is defined as "the dissemination of, or the solicitation or incitement to disseminate, a photograph or other visual recording by a pupil to another pupil or to school personnel by means of an electronic act with the purpose or effect of humiliating or harassing a pupil."

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