A Nova Scotia teen is facing child pornography charges after he allegedly posted a video of a sexual act on a social media site.

The Halifax Regional Police say investigators became aware of the video, which shows a 15-year-old girl engaged in a consensual sexual act with a 14-year-old boy, on April 8.

Investigators determined the suspect used a cellphone to film the act, without the consent of the victim, at a party where alcohol was consumed.

Police say the suspect later posted the video on a social media site.

“If you are in possession of that video, or any other video that shows youth involved in a sexual act, it’s child pornography,” says Halifax Regional Police Const. Pierre Bourdages.

Police executed a search warrant at the suspect’s home, where they seized a cellphone containing the video related to the investigation, on May 2.

Investigators say the social media site deleted the video and cooperated with the police investigation after they were made aware of the matter.

The suspect turned himself in to police, where he was arrested without incident, on Friday.

A 14-year-old boy from the Preston area faces charges of possession of child pornography, making child pornography and making available child pornography in connection with the case.

He has been released on a condition not to have contact with the girl and not to access the Internet.

He is due to appear in Halifax provincial youth court on June 20.

Similarities to Rehtaeh Parsons case

Wayne MacKay, a law professor at Dalhousie University and chair of Nova Scotia’s anti-bullying task force, says the incident resembles the Rehtaeh Parsons case.

Parson’s family alleges she was raped by four boys when she was 15 years old and that a photo of the incident was distributed around her school. They say she was harassed and bullied by her peers following the incident, which led her to commit suicide last month, at the age of 17.

“Many young people don’t realize that they’re committing a crime in either possessing or distributing nude pictures of under-aged people,” says MacKay.

He says if the provincial government’s proposed cyberbullying law, which criminalizes the distribution of intimate images without consent, was already in effect, an additional charge could have been laid in the case.

With files from CTV Atlantic's Felicia Yap