Here you can find an overview of the risks and dangers associated with the online space.

Stay informed to avoid any unpleasant surprises:

One of the biggest dangers of sharing content online is that you lose control over it. Once something is posted on the internet, it becomes nearly impossible to track or control who views, saves, or redistributes it.
Content shared online can remain accessible indefinitely, even if deleted later.
Photos and videos of children can be downloaded and used in inappropriate or even dangerous contexts by strangers.
Sharing personal details such as names, schools, or locations can compromise a child’s privacy and safety.
Children may be mocked, bullied, or excluded later in life because of embarrassing or sensitive content shared publicly.
Children develop an online identity before they are old enough to understand or consent to it.
Personal information and images can be exploited for fraudulent purposes.
It is not possible to properly protect children’s privacy by using children for commercial purposes.
Every child has the right to privacy, which can be infringed upon through excessive or careless sharenting.
It can put a strain on the parent-child relationship if children feel that they are not being involved with what is being shared about them, especially as teenagers.

What the Experts are Saying:

“Children need to be shown that there are dangerous people in the world, and social media has made it so easy for these dangerous people to have access to children, not just adults, and they will even target children more, because children are vulnerable. So first of all, protect your children…”

— Data Privacy Advocate from Nigeria
“That is why we have decided internally that we will not show children from the front. In general, you never see children from the front in any of our products, including on our website. And if you do, then somehow with sunglasses or your face half-covered so that you can't recognize them.”

— Child Protection Switzerland
“They (the parents) could blur out the child's face. They could use an emoji over the child's face …so for me, personally, I think parents should be conscious of what they share online, and if they really do want to share, it should be to a restricted circle of people.”

— Data Privacy Advocate form Nigeria

“That is why we have decided internally that we will not show children from the front. In general, you never see children from the front in any of our products, including on our website. And if you do, then somehow with sunglasses or your face half-covered so that you can't recognize them.”

“They (the parents) could blur out the child's face. They could use an emoji over the child's face …so for me, personally, I think parents should be conscious of what they share online, and if they really do want to share, it should be to a restricted circle of people.”