Parents in France could be blocked from posting images of their children online 📱
the new bill seeks to tackle so-called “sharenting”, a term deriving from “sharing” and “parenting” and which describes the growing trend of posting images of children on social media giants such as TikTok, Instagram and Facebook.ruling party, seeks to protect children’s right to privacy amid concerns for them facing abuse in the future.
The report also mentioned findings that half of the images exchanged on child pornography forums originally come from parents who posted them on their social media pages. Other pranks described children being told the “child police” was coming to get them and filming their reaction,According to Thomas Rohmer, director and founder of l’Observatoire de la Parentalité et de l’Education Numérique , the bill fails to expand on the impact such activities have on children’s dignity.
Research from the organisation claimed that more than half of French parents have posted pictures of their children on social media with 90 per cent of those doing so before the child was five.
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