IVillage: Stealing Photos of Children Through Social Media

From IVillage:

“Carrin Jade is a blogger at Welcome to Motherhood. She is careful about which photos of her children she shares on her Facebook Page and Twitter Account.

She woke up one day to emails and voice mail messages alerting her to the fact a photo of her children was being used by a stranger claiming the boy wearing the pink cast was in fact her child, except it wasn’t. The Photo of her son had been posted by the Humans of New York website and a stranger had claimed they were her children.”

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Women in the World: The Dangers of Mommy Instagramming

From Women in the World:

“Of course, growing up in such a visual world—where kids are online in some way from nearly the moment they’re born—may affect their development in ways we can’t yet know. Already, studies have found that more than 90 percent of Americans have an online history by the time they’re two, and that too much multimedia content has been linked in some kids to limited attention span, poor focus, lower comprehension, and a greater risk for depression.”

CBS New York: Geotagging Dangers

From CBS New York:

“Christina Parker was posting photos of her dog when she received an ominous message from a stranger, saying he knew exactly where she was.

“I thought it was a little scary – they were accurate to my location from my house,” Parker said. “My immediate response was, ‘what happened, how do you know where I am?’”

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Kidspot: Could Instagramming Your Kids Cause Trouble Down the Line?

From Kidspot:

“Many Instagram users are freely posting pics of their kids online for all to see. They’re posting them alongside other beautiful images and gathering followers by the day, (people who are interested in lovely people and beautiful things one would hope.) But this is different from sharing your photo albums with people who come around for a cup of tea. It’s pushing things out to the world at large.”

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