Vice magazine commented on the lack of attention the press paid to the role popular jailbait image boards had on the suicide of Amanda Todd. As well as uploading and sharing images, popular discussion topics at jailbait communities include ephebophilia, the difference between ephebophilia and pedophilia, and debating whether images of certain teens are too young or old to be classified as jailbait. Numerous webpages and forums are devoted to the images. Jailbait images are often collected directly from girls' social media profiles. Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears, who was 16 years old at the time of filming. The images have been defended on the grounds of free speech, and have also been defended on the grounds they are similar to mainstream sexualized images of minors, such as those in the music video for ". The term is also blocked on Google Instant. Jailbait is amongst the list of banned hashtags at the photo-sharing website Instagram, and the social networking website Tumblr. While the images may be legal, they are often considered to be in poor taste. When questioned regarding their legality, legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin stated he thought it was not illegal, though legal expert Sunny Hostin was more skeptical, describing them as "borderline" child pornography which may be illegal. The legal status of jailbait images is unclear. The online distribution of these images has caused legal and moral controversy, in some cases leading to the censorship of both the images and the word itself as a search term. Jailbait depicts tween or young teens in skimpy clothing such as bikinis, short skirts, or underwear. They can be differentiated from child pornography as they do not usually contain nudity. Jailbait images are sexualized images of minors who are perceived to meet the definition of jailbait.
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