Earlier today, I was having a conversation with an old friend of mine about the idea that parents oversharing about their children is ‘ruining their lives’, as mentioned in this article:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/aplus.com\/a\/sharenting-parents-oversharing-facebook-social-media<\/p>\n
My initial response was to say that this was a social change that people were going to need to ‘learn to get over’, and that they should focus on doing the things they want to do, and ignoring those who want to judge them over unimportant things.<\/p>\n
After some discussion, I realized that my opinion was coming from a place of significant privilege, not just cis\/white\/male\/etc, but because I’d never experienced that horribly invasive mocking and worse that so often happens to people on social media.<\/p>\n
I think this really revolves around issues of consent, and I wonder how much the posting of pictures of children without their consent is similar to giving them a hug without their consent. It could be that in a few years, this will be seen as just as important.<\/p>\n
We have very stringent laws about privacy of medical records. Why not for photos? I’m assuming this is mostly about the ability of photographers to do their jobs and the total unenforceability of such an idea. <\/p>\n
But if you can be denied a job because of something you did in your spare time the same way you could be denied a job because of an existing condition, why would we not extend those protections?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Earlier today, I was having a conversation with an old friend of mine about the idea that parents oversharing about their children is ‘ruining their lives’, as mentioned in this article: http:\/\/aplus.com\/a\/sharenting-parents-oversharing-facebook-social-media My initial response was to say that this was a social change that people were going to need to ‘learn to get over’, … Continue reading Facebook, Consent, and Pictures of your Kids<\/span>