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- Medical Video: The Dangers Of Social Media (Child Predator Experiment)
- Pros and cons of uploading and sharing photos of children on social media
- You may upload photos of children on social media, provided ...
Medical Video: The Dangers Of Social Media (Child Predator Experiment)
Uploading selfie photos is one way to exist and be well known in cyberspace. Many parents also like to display photos of their children to attract "likes" and various comments. Although adorable, uploading a child's photo on social media might not be wise when it comes to his identity.
Pros and cons of uploading and sharing photos of children on social media
Uploading photos or videos of cute adorable children's behavior can help improve the mood of others. In addition, this can also be a means to connect you with other parents so they can discuss each other and share information about children's development.
But on the other hand, posting children's photos on social media is never done on the basis of the child's agreement - even though the uploader is his own biological parent, and merely intends to boast of his behavior. This is actually the same as you "strip" children of their privacy rights. Yes. Even small children have the right to privacy, only they do not understand how important it is and cannot refuse the parents' wishes to share photos or information about themselves online.
Remember that all information about children, including photos of themselves, can be misused by irresponsible individuals. Moreover, you cannot track who has seen and accessed the photos of your little one that you just shared on your social media account. You also can't know what they are doing with the photo.
For example, you upload photos of children who are still in school uniform to your social media account. With all kinds of technological sophistication today, bad people can find ways to find out the details of their little ones. Starting from the full name, school and class, his school friends, the pattern of his daily routine, his home address, to track his current whereabouts. All this information can be used to commit crimes.
Children's photos can also be misused as material for sexual abuse. Reporting from Huffingtonpost, as many as 50 percent of children's photos "exhibited" on pedophilia sites are taken from parents' social media accounts.
You may upload photos of children on social media, provided ...
You need to be careful when uploading photos of your favorite children on social media. You certainly need to know very well how to maintain the privacy of your little one by becoming a "keeper" for them. Make sure you have turned on the privacy settings on each social media that you have when uploading child photos, this is to prevent children's photos from spreading to the hands of irresponsible people.
Before you upload photos of children on social media, consider the following first so that you feel safe when letting your little one's face appear on your social media page.
- Why did you upload a child's photo?: Determine for what reason you want to upload your baby's photos on your social media, whether just sharing or sharing information about children's development.
- Is this photo worth sharing on social media?: This is the most important part before you decide to share photos of children on social media. Take a look at what your little one's style or posture is in the photo. Because, seemingly trivial postures can provide a gap for bad people to use your baby's photos for bad things. Avoid photos that are vulgar or open, which can endanger your child, for example a photo when your child is taking a shower, when he is sick, and a photo that contains the identity or details of your child.
- Who can see this photo?: What is equally important is managing privacy or anyone who can see photos of your child. To be safer, make sure your child's photos can only be seen by family and people you know. Change the privacy settings of your social media account and you will be calmer when uploading photos of your child.
The decision to share children's photos on social media is entirely in your hands. But what needs to be noted, always ask your child's permission or approval first, especially if your child is old enough. Because after all, the photo that you uploaded is his personal right that must get a "green light" from him before being uploaded by someone else, just like in an adult.
If your child is not old enough, make sure you discuss with his father first before deciding to display children's photos on social media.
If you want to share photos of children on social media while still protecting the privacy of your child, you can install stickers to cover his face or always take photos of him from behind. These two methods are very commonly used by many parents in their social media accounts.
