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RE: Danger of Child Pornography : Think before you share your children cute pictures and family info on Steemit , Facebook , Instragram et al

in #education7 years ago

which might result to the child being bullied in school or kidnapped by criminals who accessed all personal informations online or even digitally kidnapped

These, to me, seem to be the only solid concerns here. Each one can be evaluated statistically using actual data to figure out the probabilities of them happening. For me, personally, my kids are schooled at home (strike 1), the likelihood of kidnapping is statistically low where I live and the data on where we live is public anyway, regardless of what we post (strike 2), and the concept of being "digitally kidnapped" is kind of silly to me as everything shared online is no longer controlled by you unless it's fully encrypted so this is just an expectation problem (strike 3).

As to child pornography, why would parents be sharing pictures like that anyway? I share everything publicly and openly because I feel my expectations are aligned with reality. If someone were to misuse content I posted in a way that decreases my wellbeing or the wellbeing of my family, I would adjust my actions accordingly. That has yet to happen, and I've only positively benefitted by having memories online.

As my kids get older, I definitely take into account their consent when taking videos or pictures. Often, they are the ones asking me to do so. When they are younger and can't give consent, I'm okay with using my best judgement because they are my responsibility in every other way as well (feeding, clothing, cleaning, etc). If they ever had to sue me to respect their wishes regarding photos of them online, I'd argue our relationship was already pretty trashy to begin with.

I think "news" sites like to dramatize and sensationalize statistical outliers in order to create fear in people which gets them more clicks as fear is a powerful (but in my opinion, destructive) motivator.

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@lukestokes good point, hence why I wanted you to send in your thoughts. People will always share cute pictures of their loved ones and its ok. However we should be careful what type of pictures we share with the world and where we share it.

Yes, it even bothers me when just local news media people show their children's faces on
TV, because I thought about how some actors usually hide their children's faces. Much of the reporters are disrespectful to the privacy of famous people with their bright flashing lights. As you've mentioned in your article about safety and security of your children,
Way too many nut cases about.
I wouldn't let my kids around even certain ones in the entertainment and political field, especially the the ones way too often touchy feely. Old creepy Joe Biden for example in this
Video :

Then this link is where Jeff Sessions swats Joe's hand away from his granddaughter

Btw, the socalled pizza gate matter isnt over with either.

hahaha good point @parcke we have to be careful and protect our children

I agree with yourself here @lukestokes .. I have and am sharing photos of my Son online. I can completely understand where @charles1 is coming from and it is a very scary world out there. But I believe that as long as you aren't posting in-appropriate content, then there is no harm caused. I see it that I am proud of my beautiful son and like to share my pride and joy with others. Like yourself @lukestokes , until I am personally attacked with misuse of my content, I will continue :-)

Well said, Thanks for taking the time to contribute intelligent and responsible perspective.

Good post sir.
Reasoned and rational. We need more of this kind of exchange, and less emotive fear mongering

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