There seems to be a problem on social media that is: The over exposition of children there, made specially by parents who record their kids when they are at the beach or doing something funny when they are shirtless, the problem is that many people now on social create pages (specially on Instagram and Facebook) which are dedicated to sharing this sort of content with others pedophiles and often people download these videos and make comments on the child’s video. Often, these pages are not taken down because of the fact that it can bring money to the social media platform. By the way, Mark Zuckerberg got called out on that because of the fact that Instagram often didn’t really taken down videos of sexual exposure of underage childrem. So I wanted to ask you guys, what do you think would solve that? Do you guys think that it should be a crime to own such images and share it?
If you think this through the end goal would be a society where every child has to wear a full body cover in case someone takes a photo of them, or the landscape and the kid is accidentally on it.
If the images are non-sexual than posession should be legal, because where do you even start? An image of a kid smiling can get someone hard. There is basically no line to draw. What you can do - and is illegal in many places already - is ban the publishing/sharing of private photos. You do not own any right to a picture of someone else. Commenting sexually on images is also banned, or can/should be as sexual harassement etc.
You can’t control what people will do. If you don’t want your kid to end up on one of those pages, don’t post it for the world to see! If the parent thought whatever their kid was doing was funny, the state of dress shouldn’t be in question. It’s innocent and NOT meant to be sexual. They should realize that there are some people out there that will get sexually excited over it. If they’re willing to share the picture, it’s their own fault for not thinking that through!
Blame the parents that want to monetize (exploit) their own child for monetary gain. Making “tease” videos.
Seriously though, nudist (naked) children playing on a beach, laying in the sun, eating a sandwich, bodypainting, or any other activity is not a sexual act. The picture itself is not nor intended to be sexual in any way. Neither are dance videos or gymnastic videos. They’re also not illegal.
The “sexual” part is in the mind of the beholder. And “thought policing” is what they’ve been trying to do for a really long time. Since the likely the dawn of man?
If someone gets hard from a child smiling or a naked child doing everyday or mundane things; that’s in their mind. The parent took the picture or video. The child was not harmed. Yes, later in life it could possibly affect them? I don’t really know? In some cases, I’ve read where that now adult, doesn’t care. Maybe for some people, knowing their picture is out there somewhere being drooled on makes them uneasy?
Maybe someone should ask Sally Mann’s kids or any other subject of a photographer that has taken nude pictures of children? Parents do it all the time with babies and toddlers in the bath tub. There’s nothing sexual about the picture itself. I find pictures of babies with food all over them and everything to be absolutely disgusting! Should we ban them and lock up grandparents for taking them? Or parents for taking pictures of their own kids in the bath or whatever? Sharing them with relatives and now locking the relatives up?
Now in this digital world, parents don’t have to go to a photo lab anymore. They are their personal photos. If they decide to share them with someone else, that person shouldn’t be prosecuted for possession. It’s not CSAM. I DO agree that the relative shouldn’t be sharing said pictures with anyone else.
And I agree with this: “What you can do - and is illegal in many places already - is ban the publishing/sharing of private photos.” So the question remains; where DO you draw the line?
I think that the only real way to handle this would be difficult to implement and enforce:
The Draconian Hammer.
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Ban parents from posting any pictures of their children on any and all platforms. Fine them for each picture uploaded of their child, and for each day that they remain unremoved.
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Ban children entirely from online interactions with anyone. Require a photo ID before allowing internet access.
I think that we can see the ridiculousness in the real ultimate solutions to this, with these suggestions even crossing into unconstitutional in some countries.
The real question to answer is, is such drastic measures worthwhile pursuing, and how much are we willing to destroy in the process of fixing?