Child pornography isn't a new problem faced by police but it's a different kind of issue since the invention of the selfie.

Weyburn police reported an incident of the distribution of child pornography on January 11.

Deputy Chief Rod Stafford explained the problem they're seeing is youth taking nude or sexually suggestive photos of themselves or other youth and sending it to someone else.

"The young person that took the photo, or picture, and Snapchatted it or Instagrammed it or however they send it could be, in the right circumstances, guilty of a criminal offence of distributing their own image. If you're a youth, that would be child pornography. And then certainly the person who forwards it on and on after that is guilty of distributing child pornography if it's one of those images. Or, in addition, you can be guilty of a relatively new offence of distributing intimate images without the consent of the originator," explained Stafford.

Youth or not, Stafford said perpetrators of child pornography would face jail time if convicted.

"What starts out in fun and jest can certainly turn around very quickly when that image gets forwarded without that person's consent or knowledge and then, of course, once it's sent once you have no control how many times after that it's going to be sent," shared Stafford. "And, of course, we know with social media once it's sent there's no way to get it back. You can never backtrack and delete those images. They're out there forever."