In the age of Snap chat and Facebook, it seems almost impossible to keep your baby’s cute faces and incidences to yourself. So, what happens is proud moms paste their kids’ videos on Facebook and other social media websites. But, there is a slight hitch in sharing a baby’s photos online. If you are in France, a violation of the country’s laws that forbid users to publicize details about other’s private lives (including babies), could land you in jail for a year or pay a hefty penalty of up to $50,000.
If this continues, a few decades later, when the children in the photos grow up, they could take their parents to court for posting such pictures on Facebook. According to Internet law and ethics expert Eric Delcroix, “In a few years, children could easily take their parents to court for publishing photos of them when they were younger.” Another UMich Study also supports this claim and calls for parents to take it seriously. Surveys and polls of the younger audience report that children between 10 and 15 are “really concerned” about how parents share their lives online.
While social media is a brilliant tool to keep in touch with loved ones all over the globe, the law is clamping down on parents who share all those milestone moments, and of course, their kiddies’ embarrassing moments. Moreover, most parents don’t check their privacy settings, meaning they have no control over who sees the photos.
While Facebook and other social media websites do have a variety of safeguards and barriers to prevent the wrong type of content, until your little one grows up and discovers the Internet himself, he cannot take down or report you for inappropriate content.
In the meantime, you can think about changing your privacy settings so that you can control who sees your baby’s photos. So, do you take any precautions while sharing your child’s pictures online? Tell us here.
