From the Beeb:
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Love it or hate it, parents have made their way on to social media, and seem to be there to stay.
It's a great way of staying in touch - and it's always amusing watching your parents attempt to take selfies or use emojis.
But if they share photos of you online without your permission - and have no understanding of privacy settings - have they crossed the line?
And - if you want to - how do you convince them to take the photos down?
"Sharenting" - the act of parents sharing news and pictures of their kids online - is in the news after Gwyneth Paltrow posted a picture of her and her 14-year-old daughter Apple Martin skiing.
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Ironically, children aren't technically allowed to register with most social media services until they are 13 anyway - which means some rule-abiding teenagers get a shock when they finally get online.
Konrad Iturbe, a 19-year-old software developer in Spain, says he had a "big awakening" when he realised his parents had been posting photos of him online.
"My mother had Instagram before I even had a phone - so I wasn't aware that photos of me had been published," he told the BBC.
"I really don't like photos of me online anyway - I don't even post photos of myself on my Instagram account - so when I followed my mother and saw them on her profile, I told her to 'take this down, I've not given you permission'."
Konrad says his mother understood his concerns and acted quickly to deal with the issue - as he says all parents should.
He says discovering the pictures it felt like a "breach of privacy". It particularly bothered him because there were photos of him as a young child, and his mother's Instagram account was open to the public.
"I didn't want photos of my youth shared, it's a very intimate thing," he says, adding that he is also worried about "facial recognition algorithms" and people being able to "start tracing me when I'm older".
Full story:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47722427
Excerpts:
Love it or hate it, parents have made their way on to social media, and seem to be there to stay.
It's a great way of staying in touch - and it's always amusing watching your parents attempt to take selfies or use emojis.
But if they share photos of you online without your permission - and have no understanding of privacy settings - have they crossed the line?
And - if you want to - how do you convince them to take the photos down?
"Sharenting" - the act of parents sharing news and pictures of their kids online - is in the news after Gwyneth Paltrow posted a picture of her and her 14-year-old daughter Apple Martin skiing.
.
.
Ironically, children aren't technically allowed to register with most social media services until they are 13 anyway - which means some rule-abiding teenagers get a shock when they finally get online.
Konrad Iturbe, a 19-year-old software developer in Spain, says he had a "big awakening" when he realised his parents had been posting photos of him online.
"My mother had Instagram before I even had a phone - so I wasn't aware that photos of me had been published," he told the BBC.
"I really don't like photos of me online anyway - I don't even post photos of myself on my Instagram account - so when I followed my mother and saw them on her profile, I told her to 'take this down, I've not given you permission'."
Konrad says his mother understood his concerns and acted quickly to deal with the issue - as he says all parents should.
He says discovering the pictures it felt like a "breach of privacy". It particularly bothered him because there were photos of him as a young child, and his mother's Instagram account was open to the public.
"I didn't want photos of my youth shared, it's a very intimate thing," he says, adding that he is also worried about "facial recognition algorithms" and people being able to "start tracing me when I'm older".
Full story:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47722427