A 27-year-old graduate student was caught creating AI child pornography for pedophiles using photos of real children found on the internet. Even more disgusting? He worked as asked. This story made my skin crawl, but it reminded me of a question I get asked more and more frequently.
“Kim, I don’t want to post pictures of my kids on social media. How can I tell my friends and family not to post pictures without sounding preachy?”
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It’s completely legitimate to want to remove your child’s face from the web. It’s true that creepy people scan public accounts looking for children to prey on. Easier than ever for pedophiles pose like a child Grooming your kids on Snapchat or Roblox or whatever.
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When you post your kids on Facebook or Instagram, you’re essentially giving Meta permission to use those images to: Train an AI model. The law is method Behind here. As a parent, it’s up to you to protect your children.
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Social media applications on iPhone screen. (Jaap Arrians/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
keep things from being dramatic
Avoid awkward situations by telling people before big gatherings. Although most people have good intentions, they may not understand the risks of sharing photos of their children online, especially if they are not parents.
- it’s about youthey are not. this is, your children. Use “I” and “we” expressions and don’t tell others how to parent.
- Please share your reasoning. Or send us a link to this story.
- Be clear and firm. Don’t leave room for changes in public posts.
- Please do it one on one. If you have email or text conversations, do so in private and not in group messages.
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I wrote an example that you can copy.
“For privacy and safety reasons, we wanted to let you know up front that we don’t want photos of our children published on the internet. (We’ve seen some stories that really scared us!) Children Please refrain from posting photos of yourself. Please use it on social media!
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If it has already been posted…
Don’t panic. Please contact us as soon as possible and request its removal with a link to the specific post. I would go by text. Comments on public posts feel like you’re criticizing them.
As a parent, it’s your responsibility to protect your children online. (St. Petersburg)
use this: “Hey, I totally forgot to mention this, but I’m keeping photos of my kids offline for now. Could you please delete this post or repost it with your face hidden? The emoji is Very effective!
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What’s the safest way to share photos with friends?
Not sharing photos of your child publicly doesn’t have to mean not sharing them at all. My suggestion: Create an invite-only album for your closest family and friends.
For Google Photos: This can be done on your mobile phone or computer. Open the Google Photos app or Website.
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- For computers: click photograph Choose what you want to share. at the top + icon > shared album > new shared album. Add a title and share. You can choose Creating a linksearch for contacts, share on social media, and more.
- For mobile: Tap. + Icon > Album. Name your album and add the photos you want to share. choice get link You can generate private links, add specific email addresses, and share via messaging apps and social media.
final step: Please check. Share link To ensure maximum privacy, the toggle is turned off, so only invited users can view the album.
Apple Photos: Create and share on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Photo app. First, you need to enable shared albums.
- For iPhone or iPad: go to setting > [your name] > iCloud > photographTurn on and then shared albums.
- For Mac: open photo app. From the top menu bar, photograph > setting. (For macOS Monterey and earlier, photograph > setting.). “iCloud” tabafter that shared album.
Instagram logo on mobile phone. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
Then create and share your album.
- For Mac or iPhone/iPad running iOS 18: [写真]in,[共有アルバム]>[共有アルバム]>[作成]Scroll down to Add a name and image, select a person from your contacts, and enter an email address or add an iMessage phone number. tap end.
- For iOS 17 and earlier: go to Album > + (Add button) > new shared album. Add a name and image, select a person from your contacts, and enter an email address or add an iMessage phone number.
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