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Parents Could Be Sued By Their Kids For Posting Pictures of Them On Facebook (theguardian.com)

Posted by msmash on from the sharing,-oversharing,-crossing-the-line dept.

Next time you share pictures of your children on Facebook, you will want to take their permission before doing that. French authorities have warned parents in France of fines of up to $50,000 and a year in prison for publishing intimate photos of their children on social media without permission. From a Guardian report: It's a development that could give pause for thought for many parents used to sharing details of their children's lives across social media. A 2015 study by internet company Nominet found parents in the UK post nearly 200 photos of their under fives online every year, meaning a child will feature in around 1,000 online photos before their fifth birthday. [...] "In a few years, children could easily take their parents to court for publishing photos of them when they were younger," Eric Delcroix, an expert on internet law and ethics, told Le Figaro. "Children at certain stages do not wish to be photographed or still less for those photos to be made public," he added.It may seem like an absurd law to many, but think about the potential consequences of putting a kid's picture on social media. Among others, we've seen plenty of pictures becoming meme on the web.

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  1. Sign a waiver by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Here son, I know you're only 2 years old but I need you to sign this waiver allowing me to upload your images and also grant me a perpetual, irrevocable, unlimited, worldwide, fully paid/sublicensable license to use, copy, perform, display, distribute, and make derivative works from this content."

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    1. Re:Sign a waiver by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Two year old Son: NO!

      You can have some ice cream if you say yes... Problem solved.

  2. Re:clean slate by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I grew up in a world where the internet did not really exist for most people. My first direct contact with it was in 1989.

    You missed the best years of the Internet. After '86, it was all downhill.

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  3. Yeah right by MightyDrunken · · Score: 4, Funny

    If my children* tried to pull this off I would blackmail them with the threat to post some of the images I held back.

    * Illusion of success with opposite sex created only for humour value.

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    The most dangerous drug
  4. Re: Wait, Wait, Now Hear This . . . by BellyJelly · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can't I do that with my hosts file? Can anyone on slashdot help me with that?