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As the Internet Gets Scarier, More Parents Keep Their Kids’ Photos Offline (getpocket.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Here's a non-paywalled link to an article published in the Washington Post a few days ago. It's great to see this kind of thing getting some mainstream attention. Young children have not made an informed decision about whether they want their photos posted online.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lol, no. Very accessible AI tools can make the pictured kids do whatever the fuck the creator wants. It's easier than ever to steal identities and ruin lives. The internet still is full of porn and gore but that hardly is the problem. Also, brainwashing via social media is a really big and scary problem. The internet absolutely is scarier then aver before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This applies to adults too though. Should we outlaw posting any pictures of anybody online, just because AI exists? I don't think so...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The difference with kids is that we don't consider them to have the ability to properly consent or take responsibility for themselves because they haven't fully developed yet. Hence no voting, drinking, driving, sex etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Who's talking about outlawing anything? I simply stated that the internet has indeed become a scarier place compared to the past.

Also, parents are responsible for their kids and the kids aren't capable of consenting to publishing their pictures as they can't understand the implications that come with it. Grown-ups can do whatever the hell they want, though I feel a general education on how the Internet works might be a good idea.