By Shirley Farmer 
Out of necessity or pleasure, there are those who share most of their lives on social networks. If this is your case, besides, you still have a habit of posting pictures of your children, or of children close to you, advice: don’t!
Social networking is identified as an addiction associated with children. However, adults also make it a habit to participate. These posts often include family photos, especially of children.
If you are in the habit of sharing pictures of children, whether they are your daughters, members of your family or the daughters of your friends, we leave you some tips: As a precaution, when in doubt, stop doing it.
A study conducted by the Universidad Operta de Catalunya (UOC) concluded that most of the material seized from pedophiles concerned ordinary, everyday images of minors. According to the SER radio station72% of the materials in the hands of pedophiles are non-sexual images of children.
Pedophiles take advantage of the fact that there are parents documenting the lives of their children, or other children close to them, on social networks, to gather content for their own use.
We get the idea that people who collect pedophile images only collect very serious images. But the truth is, non-sexual images of children are found in sex offender groups.
explained Irene Montiel, professor of law and political science at the University of British Columbia.
Confused boy and tablet
The University of Oklahoma study reports that 89% of families share their children's content on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok once a month. In the case of babies, 81% are online before they are six months old.
Although the companies behind the social networks claim to have mechanisms in place against pedophilia, the truth is that the automation of the moderation systems has made the measure inadequate. And although it has an appropriate role, as a means, The dominant is the parents.
We do not respect our children's privacy and this affects their future digital identity, but not only that. This overexposure can lead to identity theft, online fraud, grooming and cyberbullying, or content that can become pedophile material.
Irene Montiel warned.
Social Media Examples in Portuguese from Portugal
Supporting the intervention of the professor of law and political science at the University of Oklahoma is the chronicle of lawyer Leonor Caldera, published in the Senado magazine, regarding the content shared by Jorge Cabina and Mafalda Teixeira, in recent days: “Mothers and fathers, for whatever good will they have, they have to understand that they They are not the holders of the rights of their children, but merely their guardians until they are of age and maturity to decide for themselves.”
Leonor Caldera, attorney and author of the record published in Senado Magazine
The article follows a controversy promoted by two Portuguese content creators and prompted by videos they shot of their nine-year-old son. The child, who was diagnosed with appendicitis, was photographed and photographed at the various vulnerable moments of the operation, and his pictures were shared on social networks, in real time.
None of the parents who share their children's or children's lives online, robbing them of the privilege of anonymity and privacy, knows if this is what their son or daughter wants when they grow up. […] When in doubt, it's best to protect against exposure.
Leonor Caldera concluded.