Faceless babies

I feel quite sick and extremely worried by this thread. My D in L regularly posts pictures of my DGC on facebook. I’m not a member but a friend commented that photos taken recently are beautiful. Now I am so concerned, I feel I must have a conversation….

We used to be so excited when we appeared in a picture in the local newspaper! But they ALWAYS spelled our names wrong, didn't they? :-)

I've just searched out the web sites of a few schools nearest to me. They all have plenty of perfectly recognisable photos of students.

Gosh I’d never post pictures of ANYONE online. Not myself either! But I’m a definite minority. (As are my tech savvy son, daughter and spouses).

//nearly 80% of parents say they have social media connections whom they have never met in real life. The images parents share can contain information that allows predators to track children. For example, images might show the child’s school or uniform, or the street name of the family home, while geotags can allow people with nefarious intent to track the child’s real-time location. In addition, because parents cannot control how far these photos spread, it is impossible to know where they end up, even with privacy controls in place. As such, it is important for parents not to engage in [sharing] images of their child and minimize the ability of potential predators to find and abduct the child.//
www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/children-photos-and-online-safety

Read almost any newspaper nowadays and discover a rason why not to post children's images online. Nothing at all to do with purity of mind rather naivety.

I have found this mildly irritating - thinking in particular of the Johnson children, and photos of Carrie with the back views of her children. There is no need to publish photos them at all. It was important in my area of employment to ensure that photos of children were not published without parental permission, as estranged partners would then know the whereabouts, and in certain circumstances this could present a danger to the children.

Ellcee and Kayteetay
Believe me I reigned in my anger and disgust at someone who outright refuses to acknowledge that the world has a huge problem with pedophilia. 😡

Just seen this thread. Re CCTV cameras not only do there have to be warning signs but you have to state the purpose usually something like to detect a crime. Children in lane are not committing any crime and therefore you cannot copy the photos unless the police were to ask for them.

Hollysteers seems perfectly capable of standing up, defending her views. Others are entitled to disagree with her. That isn’t ’being Nasty’

It’s all very sad isn’t it? That you can’t be proud to show pictures of grandchildren just because some dregs of humanity might photoshop their face onto images of children being sexually abused ,
What a dreadful world we live in

This is such a harsh and judgmental response. This is a forum asking for views. This sort of response deters curious and healthy debate. Please be kind and sensitive when responding to posts.

fluttERBY123

Hollysteers, please take no notice of people here who are being quite nasty because you said there was something you did not understand. Never hold back from asking if you don't understand something. Anyone who puts you down for asking is showing themselves in a very poor light.

Agree totally! Why do people feel the need to be so nasty?

My grandchildren are adopted and the childrens' family tried to stop the adoption. My daughter doesn't want them to know where she is living, though she does take them to see their mother once a year.
A facial image search, the background of the picture, or a school logo on a sweatshirt could enable them to do this.

Hollysteers, please take no notice of people here who are being quite nasty because you said there was something you did not understand. Never hold back from asking if you don't understand something. Anyone who puts you down for asking is showing themselves in a very poor light.

I have recognised people (children and adults) from their photos on Facebook.

Me too. I had no idea. 🥺

You see the picture of a child (or adult). You call him by name in real life. He assumes you know him...

I'm also glad you live in Spain OP. You are obviously far more comfortable in a blatantly misogynistic society, where the "hysteria" of child abuse is still swept under the carpet and sexist attitudes are rife. Do us a favour and stay there.

Ilovecheese

Galaxy

What you wanted was a chance to have a pop at Harry and Meghan, what you got was people who know more about the subject than you.

Spot on!

Haha, I’m not bothered about H&M, but I remember their secrecy started discussions of this kind.

Galaxy

What you wanted was a chance to have a pop at Harry and Meghan, what you got was people who know more about the subject than you.

Spot on!

Galaxy

Actually I have noticed recently particularly on the internet that some people are seeing safeguarding as some sort of personal affront. Are shops who put measures in place to combat or monitor shoplifting assuming that everyone is a shoplifter, no, it's just that shoplifters dont wear a sign saying I am a shoplifter.

I’ve been noticing this for 10-15 years.

It’s wild how self involved some people are that they think everything is about them

From the National Crime Agency:
It is estimated that there are between 680,000 and 830,000 UK based adult offenders who pose varying degrees of risk to children, equivalent to 1.3% to 1.6% of the UK adult population.

It is not hysteria, statiscally there will be people on here that have a sex offender in their family.

You are wrong there, I have come across it in my own family, but I see it as an aberration, not the norm.
hollysteersYou have experience of child abuse but don't see the need to protect children from the possibility?
However, I hope you have now been enlightened as to why people don't want their children's faces on social media. Or is there a particular child that you were curious to have a look at?

It’s refreshing to be in a country like Spain where this hysteria has not taken hold….yet .

Haha of course there was no hysteria when a coach kept grabbing his crotch and then unwanted kissed a female on the lips
No hysteria at all keep kidding yourself hollysteers
No not in Spain …..none so blind as those that do not see

Actually I have noticed recently particularly on the internet that some people are seeing safeguarding as some sort of personal affront. Are shops who put measures in place to combat or monitor shoplifting assuming that everyone is a shoplifter, no, it's just that shoplifters dont wear a sign saying I am a shoplifter.