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As proud parents we’re often guilty of clogging our friends’ and families’ Facebook and Instagram feeds with pictures of our kids, but many cyber safety and parenting experts are concerned about where these images can end up.
Everyday photos of children engaging in simple activities are being used as sexual contraband by paedophiles online. It’s not just nude photos of kids that we need to be worried about posting. Whilst this is distressing, sadly it’s the reality that we’re facing as modern parents.
Innocent photos of children engaging in everyday activities that are posted by proud family members are being downloaded and sexualised by paedophiles, according to Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Alastair MacGibbon.
Images of children in school uniforms, playing down at the park or the beach, doing their homework, doing other everyday things that people have uploaded on public social media sites like Facebook and Instagram have then been doctored or used in chat forums where pedophiles