Experts back him up.
In 2018, the UK Children’s Commissioner released a report called Who Knows What About Me? which found that by the time most kids turned 13, their parents had posted roughly 1300 photos and videos of them online.
The report reads: “We need to stop and think about what this means for children’s lives now and how it may impact on their future lives as adults.
“We simply do not know what the consequences of all this information about our children will be. In the light of this uncertainty, should we be happy to continue forever collecting and sharing children’s data?”
A 2022 paper found that “sharenting”, or posting pictures and other content of your children online, can harm their safety, privacy, and even lead some parents to make an unfair profit off their children in an unregulated market.
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