Hagen police station in Germany made a Facebook post that became viral this week.
The publication of the Hagen Police Station has urged everyone to stop publishing naked photographs that jeopardize the privacy of their children.
The first publication was on Tuesday, and by Friday morning, it had been shared by more than 245.000 people.
The publication states:
Upload more photos of your kids for jedermann on Facebook and Post to! - You also have children…
Posted by Polizei NRW Hagen on Tuesday, October 13 2015
Η police Hagen's found that too many people post freely on Facebook photos of naked children, in swimming pools or on the beach, without thinking about the consequences that may appear from such images.
From the translated message:
You may find the photos very cute today, but your child will find them very annoying in a year or two. Σας Your child may be bullied. Worse still: a pedophile could use such photos for their own purposes, or publish them elsewhere. ”
We already know that the average parent is a loving yet voracious paparazzi, constantly uploading pictures of their child to social media. social media.
The Hagen police very simply reminded us of something we all know, but we have a hard time keeping it. We often blame companies for data collection, which violates our own life, and on the other hand Facebook is said to be full of photos that show very personal moments.
The data these are not lost, and as you may know they can be analyzed revealing much more than we think.
Be careful with oversharing especially when it comes to children.
Let's say a study of him The Parent Zone, found that 17% of parents haven't checked their privacy settings on Facebook at all, while almost half (46%) have checked it once or twice at most. According to the study also Facebook is number one network to exchange children's photos.