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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] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I have not posted a single photo of my kids on any platform for this reason. My wife on the other hand thinks I'm overly paranoid, so thanks to her, Zuck has a ton of photos of them...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Here's a real screenshot from Instagram.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is that a porn genAI ad next to photos of underage kids? 💀

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

A video to share with your wife

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago