Do you think social media should start banning accounts that post photos and videos of kids?

Question

I will admit that prior to having my own baby, I wasn't really against it, but now that I am a mother, I honestly don't understand why or how a parent could post their child's photos and videos online and not want to protect their kids privacy.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I got nieces and nephews. Years ago I sometimes posted photos of me holding them at family get togethers. Thought nothing of it. Just the family and I was excited to have newcomers. Just trying to be a cool uncle.

Truth is that I myself want kids. I’m secretly very depressed and even ashamed/embarrassed that I don’t have them. They are your immortality in a way. They carry your DNA.

But I never gotten an legit opportunity with a woman I felt legitimately attracted to who would make a good mother. I’ve always got one or other.

But anyway nobody in my family ever said anything or complained about me holding a young nephew or niece on a IG post. My brother and sister (and their spouses) are both on IG and they liked the posts I put up.

However I myself am now having second thoughts about posting those. I meant completely well by it. I might be single but I am family friendly. But I get what you are saying. It really sucks it’s like this in this day and age. Really it’s just horrible. But I am debating on removing any social media post where I am holding a niece or nephew. But also conversely I wonder if doing that would oddly make me look bad. I dunno.

TheorionMage · Accepted Answer

I think social media should QUIT promulgating the hypocrisy that juveniles 'suddenly' become sensual/sexual only in hormonal adolescence.

African tribal mothers have LONG soothed their infants orally. Polynesian tribes acknowledge juvenile sensuality with rituals at AGE SEVEN and extended families live communally in long houses with little western privacy. Children LEARN visually, experientially "monkey see, monkey do" in social context. 'Shame' and 'guilt' are promulgated LEARNED behaviors of societal CONTROL.

Netherlands school system has instituted health-based mixed gender sex ed. discussions as early as FOURTH grade elementary! Kids CAN'T make sound judgements when denied PRAGMATIC unbiased information.
Let's END the clandestine 'playing doctor' when parents aren't around.
NO MORE 'creepy' relatives and perpetuating hypocritical clergy abuse~

Perpetuating 'naivete' IS 'exploitation'

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Accepted Answer

I would agree with the sentiment of places like only fans or patreon having closer moderation so that it’s not accounts posting kids bathtime videos for pedophiles, but ultimately a lot of parents like to show off their kid and how cute they are. They can’t control if any of their friends or coworkers online are pedos anymore than they can control if their kid is gay or trans. And while you hear these scandals about social media families that post constant vlogs or get a tv show for their unique families, most of the time it’s just normal people who really like a picture or video they took of their little one being funny or cute and just want to share it

BlackBeauty90 · Accepted Answer

Why?

Are you so much of a nosy parker you have to be a tyrant about how other parents show pictures or videos of their kids.

Newsflash for you sweetheart most child abuse situations ARE from relatives not a stranger.

So while you're worried about strangers who'll almost NEVER see your kid in real life unless you stupid and post where you live / are going to be... you're ignorant of 🙂 statistical reality.

Good luck to you and your kids.

RingOfFire · Answer

This is a good question, and a complicated one. The child is too young to give permission to post their picture so it's up to the child's parent to make the decisions.

My initial thoughts are this:

I am not in favor of banning accounts for any reason except as a last resort.

A parent should be the one who makes the decision about posting pictures of their child. Someone else should not be posting PRIVATE pictures of other peoples' children. What I mean by private is pictures that are not in the public domain. For example, if someone posts a picture of a child that is from a scene from a public movie, that would be okay. But if they post a picture they took of the neighbor's child that is not okay. But when I really think about it this should apply to ALL the people in the picture, children or not. Clearly that is not going to be practical. People post pictures of other people all the time without obtaining their permission first. If this was banned, it would be the end of Websites like Facebook!

If a parent wants to post a picture of their own child, that should be up to the parent.

Those are my thoughts. What to do about it would take a lot of extra thinking.

Anonymous · Answer

It's not for you to understand, people have different world views than you do. Do you think yours is any better or worse than anyone else's?

Technically, there's a non-zero chance that baby could be the spiritual reincarnation of Jesus specifically here to tell us that kids on social media are totally fine.

We could talk for days about whether or not that's true and we're free to do it because we live in a free country where people can have their world views which they have picked up over many years of experience in life. They can pass it down to their children.

Maybe where you see a threat to privacy, they see a chance to recieve affection from a young age in hopes they will become social enough to one day be quite successful.

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

Posting some photos of their kids would actually be just fine as long as it's actually just appropriate. Sure the kid we have no control over the picture because they are still kids but that's also just like posting a picture with people at the background which do you have no control over the picture. Or something that's just like a stolen shot.

Turning their pictures into memes, making them like models in a special account, using them for likes or posting nude pictures of them would be crossing the line. That would be like exploitation or lowkey cyberbullying.

BCRanger10 · Answer

If that's all they post, I think so. If parents just post a few photos every so often of "hey, look at this silly thing my five-year-old did" or of a newborn, that's fine I think. As long as they have their privacy settings set so only friends and family can see it.

Siri137 · Answer

I don't think anyone should post  any  personal images on social media, because the moment one does so it's out there for all the world to do with as they please, up to and including being used as blackmail material.  I've often been asked here to post an image or two that reveals what I look like, because the other person was curious, but I've always refused, and always will. It's just far too risky.

smashleyy · Answer

If you keep your account private and only have close friends and family added I don’t see a issue posting a photo of your kids here and there but women who use their children as financial gain by broadcasting their lives on tiktok or youtube is where it gets gross. I seen a vid from a retired cop saying people who have been caught with excessive cp in their possession also tend to follow those mom accounts.

Rei13 · Answer

I don’t have children but I really don’t think parents should be posting a ton of pictures of their children and if they do at the minimum it shouldn’t be public. Safety concerns play into that as well as once it is there it is there forever.

madhatters4 · Answer

i don't think it's social media company's jobs to do that. if parents post pics of their kids that's their decision. i think we (as people) need to be smarter about our use of social media in a myriad of ways.

menina · Answer

Yes it should. Kids shouldn't be online at all. Some parents post a lot of pictures and videos of their children without thinking about their privacy. Even worse, without thinking about pedophiles. I don't understand them.

Anonymous · Answer

Depends on the context and setting of the photos. Do I think for example a facebook or other site post showing decently dressed kids in a holiday or event setting should be banned, no. However, if they are indecent or in a way that is harmful to the kids, yes.

Alwayreckles93 · Answer

It should be against the law. Mothers need to get off their lazy ass and get a real hob and stop using their innocent children as their cash cow.

Red_Arrow · Answer

Sure. And they should only let their kids out where others might see them if they are wearing a burlap bag that completely covers them. Don't want anybody seeing them!

kellytheman · Answer

Yeah I think kids should stay out of social media posts unless they’re tasteful and there is not a lot of them. Banning might be as little harsh but maybe like a warning or a small suspension on the account maybe a strike method that YouTube does.

Jazzy54 · Answer

If it was banned, people would riot. At any rate, parents/guardians should use discretion when posting photos of their children.

sheikalana · Answer

I agree with you. It's ridiculous they document their babies/kids lives on social media as if it was their own reality show. Pathetic.

BoopBoopBeep · Answer

No. Zero tolerance policies rarely work out well

Jersey2 · Answer

I would only post on Facebook with Privacy Restrictions on who could see. We still need to stay connected to family.

Drumlin2001 · Answer

Why do you care if I want to put a photo on my kid on my Facebook for my friends and family to see?

Jamie05rhs · Answer

Maybe. But they absolutely should ban the accounts of parents who post pictures of their kids without any clothes on!! That's just WRONG!

balyai · Answer

I think they should limit the photos of videos cause some people make money on YouTube by making kid videos. I think that should be banned for sure

Anonymous · Answer

I don’t agree with it but I don’t think the option should be taken away from those who want to share photos of their children either.

AngryCarl2 · Answer

Well that is your decision. Other parents might feel differently.

Anonymous · Answer

Social media should be banned entirely for the betterment of society

Pohjolan · Answer

How about actually implementing CP bans for starters?

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

I think social media should be banned altogether. It’s very destructive to our mental health and a plethora of other things.

Abdulwahh · Answer

Well a serious stance need to be taken to avoid envy

exitseven · Answer

I thought that they did this already.

gorydetails · Answer

Might as well just ban social media, then.

DextroShade · Answer

Yes they should or at least blur them out.

Anonymous · Answer

Blah blah anon

Kacka · Answer

99% internet is kids...

Shy_Steve · Answer

I reckon they should block Photos of kids.

Fuentes · Answer

Yup creeps use those photos

HeartFullOfGlue · Answer

yeah

BigDog1989 · Answer

So, mothers?

LunarEclipse433 · Answer

YES I do

TheMan35 · Answer

Maybe..

Anonymous · Answer

No I don't.

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