How sharing photos of kids unintentionally helps paedophile platforms

A senior detective in Germany sits in an office in front of an evaluation computer searching for child pornography and sexual abuse cases. – dpa

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

Cybercrime experts say these include, above all, paedophile who secretly steal photos of children and re-upload them on dubious portals – where harmless everyday pictures are placed in a sexual context.