PLS STOP POSTING PICS OF YOUTH ONLINE,
THEY CANNOT GIVE CONSENT!!!!!
This type of shit is actually a real problem because these teens, kids, & especially babies don’t have any say in their pics going online. But now it’s almost fucking STANDARD that ppl (especially parents) post pics of young ppl using their social media accounts w/o the subject’s consent (which they cannot give at their age anyway, btw).
I mean, there’s even a long-standing stereotypical “joke” in the movies about parents embarrassing the shit out of their kids by showing their baby pics to their new SO. And that’s just in their private, physical photo albums rather than on the world wide web…
So put yourself in these kids’ shoes for a sec and just fucking IMAGINE when they grow up and see that all the most embarrassing moments of their young lives are up online, often since their youth (with a ton of commentary) for so many rando ppl to see. If our parents had done this to us, you better believe we’d be soooooooo pissed, and we’d be in the right too.
And then there’s the very real possibility that someone could easily turn their image(s) into a meme, as @myactivism points out in her comment that inspired me to FINALLY say something about this issue that’s been bothering me for a very long time.
None of this is fair to these kids.
PLEASE STOP!!!
Parents are the absolute worst for uploading vids and pics that embarrass the child. Then there’s the people who STEAL & MISUSE the photos and videos for jokes and memes. Those people are trash.
I could not agree more. And there’s really no telling how these pictures, videos, and (often nasty) memes can affect these PEOPLE’s lives.
PLS STOP POSTING PICS OF YOUTH ONLINE!!!!!
also, some kids explicitly ask their parents not to post pictures of them online. and some parents say the pictures are “just for them, not for Facebook”…and then go and post them. the damage done by this can go even further than what you talked about above, it can create a parent-child relationship where the child [feels they] can’t trust their parent(s), and they’re the ones that become really secretive teenagers and/or develop anxiety and depression because they can’t talk to their parents.
How about instead, we teach kids empowerment? That it’s okay to laugh at yourself. It’s okay to feel insecure, or embarrassed sometimes. That’s life.
Do you believe respect and empowerment to be mutually exclusive? Because newsflash: They are NOT! And both children AND adults should be well educated in each one so they can be not only better equipped to deal with the hellscape that is our current political, social, & economic climate, but that they can also make it easier on their fellow human beings. Get it?
(via memeticwarfare)
