How sharing photos of kids unintentionally helps paedophile platforms


By AGENCY

It is understandable that parents and grandparents want to post photos of their children and grandchildren - they want to share their joy. Unfortunately, the internet is the least suitable space for this. Photo: Unsplash/Note Thanun

You've just taken a great shot of your child or grandchild on holiday. It's hard to resist sharing it on Instagram or Facebook. But cybercrime specialists wish more parents knew that paedophiles are trawling the web to share these kinds of photos on dubious forums.

When parents share photos of their children on Instagram, they usually don't think about all the people that can potentially see the pictures.

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