We are once again dealing with a matter of privacy. Or invasion of privacy, to be more specific, to the point of making a personal video public and massively exposed. It is enough to add that it includes sexual content and that the person is popular to make the issue more viral. Mostly, on social networks, it has been joked about or mocked, but there are also those who have shown the necessary sense to warn that the seriousness of the matter is that someone has publicly disseminated private content without the consent of those affected, and this is liable to be a crime.
When this public dissemination escapes the will of the people photographed or recorded on video, everyone is clear that they are exposing those people to situations, more or less serious, that in no case were their decision. However, this overexposure is often voluntary and, then, it seems that the risks are minimized. It is a mistake to think that we have control over everything we publish or disseminate and that it will always be used in the way that, innocently, we had in mind when we uploaded it to the networks, for example. This is especially serious when we are talking about minors. So much so that, as with other situations, it has been labeled in a specific way to put focus on it and be well aware of what it implies.
This is what has been called 'sharenting', from the English words 'share', to share, and 'parenting', parenting or paternity/maternity. It consists of disseminating through the networks, or not only, the activities of your children without much filter when it comes to preserving their privacy. It is not new, but there is an upward trend that is worrying. Documenting everything that involves parenting, keeping track of what, how and where minors do, is not advisable and, in addition, a risk to their right to privacy and children's reputation.
How many people do we know who publish names, dates of birth, ages, addresses, tastes, locations, routine activities... clues that can end up in cybercrimes, whether it's identity theft, access to accounts, passwords, not to mention that images or videos of minors can be used for child pornography, creation of fake profiles or cyberbullying.
Responsible use of social media, limiting the spread of posts, geolocation and, above all, minimizing identifiable content, is highly recommended. At the very least, it is necessary to avoid overexposure of children.
A second of reflection before publishing can be very valuable. Let's continue with the pedagogy.
