They said it could constitute distribution of child pornography even though the age of consent in Denmark is 15.
The two video clips were shared through Facebook's Messenger chat-platform in the autumn and the company advised the U.S. authorities about it, as it is obliged to.The tip-off was then passed on to Denmark via Interpol.Most of the young people charged have only shared the videos a few times whereas as some have shared them several hundred times, police said.LIF (Reporting by Teis Jensen, editing by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/Jeremy Gaunt)Danish police, after Facebook tip-off, charge 1,000 young people for sharing sex film
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