Thinking of posting pictures of your child online? Ask these 4 questions first

Policy-makers are also starting to recognise that children’s right to participate in decisions applies to images shared online, particularly as they can remain there indefinitely.

France now requires parents to involve children in decisions about how they are portrayed online. New Spanish legislation gives more weight to protecting a child’s reputation than a parent’s right to expression.

Better late than never

In its new advice, eSafety also outlines how schools can safely share images by making conscious decisions that consider risks alongside potential benefits.

Schools, should under no circumstances ever be putting any photos of children on social media. Every school has a website if they absolutely need to publicise things (with consent!)

The Australian Information Commissioner suggests 86% of surveyed primary school children experienced a friend or parent sharing a photo they didn’t want shared.

Jesus Christ Australia, do better.

There is no single rule to determine whether an image should be shared

Sure there is. You should never post any photo of a person without their informed consent. It doesn't matter if it's your a stranger, your aunt or your baby. Young children cannot provide informed consent.

A reminder to everyone that corporate social media claims the indefinite right to do whatever the fuck they want with anything you post to their websites and always have. Fediverse only improves this legally but not practically since your photos can spread arbitrarily far and you can't guarantee deletion any more than corporate websites.