Mastodawn

#PSA: posting photos and videos of your kids online ensures they'll never be able to meaningfully opt out of privacy invasion.

80% of children have an online presence by age two, with parents sharing an average of 1,500 images before their fifth birthday. —2017, Northumbria University

By the age of 13, children have had an average of 1,300 photos and videos of themselves posted to social media by their parents. —2018, UK Children's Commissioner

#Privacy #DataPrivacy

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The Little Wars

@alice there is a dark humor to the hysteria around age verification and child safety on the internet when you realize the call is coming from inside the building. None of the parents who are so concerned about it are even remotely capable of acknowledging that maybe they are the problem.