I'm not tech savvy, and can't follow the technical language MattsWhatltils uses, however I have first hand knowledge of how paedophiles "get off" on innocent images of children, it happened to me as a child. My experience has made me very protective over my own children and other people's children.
The images MattsWhatltils highlighted were essentially of children just being children, that is what paedophiles get off on, probably more than overtly sexual images. What a hideous thought, you proudly post a lovely, cute photo or video of your child naively believing that the only people who will view it are decent human beings. It is almost unthinkable that some sick F**k will be masturbating whilst viewing it.
Youtube should certainly be held to account for this flaw in their system which makes it so simple for paedophiles to be shown images relevant to their "interest". However paedophiles are not a new phenomenon they have always existed. They work amongst us, we may even consider them as friends, they are all members of someone's family. Surely it is incumbent on parents to stop sharing their children's lives and images. Society should be outraged by paedophiles, but there is sufficient understanding now of how social media allows images to be shared indiscriminately........ so shouldn't parents wise up and stop sharing?
We are bombarded with information about safety online, so why are some parents so reckless?
What makes me incensed about instamums etc is the fact that so many of them post their children's images and private lives as a way of promoting their own issues or brand...........but at what cost to their children?
Are we getting to a point where a law needs to be passed to protect the child's right to privacy?
Will tell-all instamums and vlogging parents eventually face legal action from their own children whose rights they have violated?
What do you think?