“There is no exception for taking pictures of oneself.1”
Children in child porn videos are not take the pictures themselves. They are being filmed.
In this case from what little we know it appears the girl did not do the videotaping, did not know she was being videotaped, did not possess the videotape, and did not distribute the videotape.
If it were your daughter you might be just a little bit perturbed.
The boy was also a minor so that has to apply to him too.
If it were your daughter you might be just a little bit perturbed.
If the boy were my son I would be a bit perturbed too.
How did you jump to those conclusions? Do you think she could not see his cellphone in his hand? Do you think she did not tell him where to prop the cellphone so she could do her duck face in the camera just right. Of course the girl knew! That's how she knew he had the recording. Kids today do this sort of thing because they see everyone else doing it (in their clique).