The initiative follows an awareness campaign that has gained a lot of traction in recent weeks. A post encourages mothers to upload three photos of their little ones. They must also nominate ten other mothers who will have to do the same.
The problem with chain posts
“If you are proud of your children, post 3 photos and nominate 10 of your friends to do the same!”
An invitation that almost sounds like a threat. Indeed, it makes the person who receives the message feel guilty. The one who does not go along with the ritual is not proud of her children, she does not love them… therefore she is a bad mother. Difficult then to break the chain! Especially since the act seems quite harmless at first glance.
Yes but… yes but posting pictures of your offspring is not as trivial as it might seem. Some consequences can be rather unfortunate.
“we remind you that posting photos of your children on Facebook is not without risk!”
The Gendarmerie Nationale
Beyond the significant risk linked to sexual delinquency, openly exposing your children on social media can have an impact on their reputation. By giving in to this temptation, we are therefore compromising their digital future.
In a few years’ time, some children, once grown up, may consider that their parents violated their privacy. And let’s admit it, they would be right! Through these posts made without their explicit consent, we may harm their reputation. The risk? Up to 1 year in prison and €45,000 in fines in the most serious cases… Rather dissuasive, isn’t it?
As parents, we must take responsibility and set an example
But that is not the most important point. In a world where the bullying of some children by their peers is largely facilitated by social media, the role of parents is also to protect the image of their little ones.
Yet they are often the first to post, in a very innocent way, the “embarrassing photos” that will brighten up their different profiles. Ill-intentioned people will find there, served on a platter, all the subjects of mockery and destabilisation useful and necessary for their misdeeds.
This is of course not about forbidding ourselves to share photos and videos of our good times with family or friends who may be far away. The idea is to know how to use the right tools to protect our privacy and that of our children.
Private sharing is probably the best way at present to meet both our desire to share and our need for confidentiality.
What Joomeo.com offers in this area is among the most effective and advanced solutions. Our sharing options, rights management on each album, protecting your shares by identifying your contacts… so many features that make Joomeo an ideal platform to preserve your privacy.
For further reading
Facebook page of the Gendarmerie Nationale
Article “Posting photos of your children on Facebook is not without risk” by Hortense Nicolet
Article “the gendarmerie reminds us that posting photos of children can be dangerous” by Lisa Denolly
