The first social media babies are adults now. Some are pushing for laws to protect kids from their parents’ oversharing | CNN
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Cam Barrett knows the precise date of her first menstrual period. Her mother posted the news on Facebook. Barrett, who lives in Illinois, is part of a growing movement of young people who are urging lawmakers to protect children whose parents monetize their private lives on social media.
  • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    6 months ago

    Yep. I never post about my kids online, and never have. I will share photos and news directly with my own family over email, or our private discord server, but that’s it. I also forbid my family from talking about me on social media other than in generic terms.

    • Strider@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 months ago

      While that is better, that company still has access to all your content that is hosted there, as I understand it.

      This might not seem bad but in case of a leak, breach or similar (which happens often sadly) everything is out there, too.

      • tburkhol@lemmy.world
        5·
        6 months ago

        And when the hosting company gets bought, a whole new bunch of people will suddenly be in control of all your content, public and private, deleted or not, complete with copyright (even if limited), and all the freedom to immediately change TOS.

    • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      6 months ago

      Yeah, about that. Discord is a privacy nightmare, so how about, no. A simple group chat would do, hell even WhatsApp has more encryption and privacy protection than discord.