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About the project
Imagine someone putting up a picture of you online without your consent. You’d feel violated, right? So, why do most adults not assume their kid might feel violated, too? Unfortunately, many children don’t have a say in whether – and how – they are portrayed on the internet.
Do we know who views these images? And if not, why don’t we wanna know?
This sort of careless publishing of sensitive data and children’s identities is not only naive, but negligent.
Keep in mind: The internet never forgets. Images you put up on the net of your kid pooping, bathing et cetera could later be having a negative effect on its adolescent or adult life. Or would you want your classmates, colleagues or even strangers to have unrestricted access to those kinds of images?
Ask yourself: Is your kid’s privacy really safe?
The answer is: No.
The team
Thanks to everyone involved!
- Idea & Model: Toyah Diebel
- Pictures: Delia Baum
- Retouch: Manuel Wagner
- Model: Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht
- Website: Paas Medien
About Toyah Diebel
- Mother of two children
- known through @toyahgurl and the podcast Weibers
- Founder of buttz.de
To me it’s really important to always be able to decide for myself what information I want to share and with whom. Most of us will know the feeling to find a picture of yourself online you don’t want up there. No matter if the photo ended up on the internet on purpose or by accident, getting it off again is easier said than done.
How are we supposed to know who has already downloaded or made a screenshot of it? Ever since I’m using Instagram I’ve felt uneasy about posts depicting individuals that have clearly not consented to it being published online. This is especially true for children.
The more you get engaged with this topic, the more you are sucked into the dark side of the internet. From those “oh so sweet” babies covered in their own vomit right down to images of little girls in stockings with suggestive comments posted beneath them – there just seems to be nothing that wouldn’t be legally and readily available to everyone.
I do not accuse all parents of deliberate negligence, but that exactly is the problem. More often than not what’s missing is any sort of media literacy and foresight as to what harm carelessly postet images of your own children can do and what they can be used/abused for.
But what’s worst are parents that purposefully exploit and market their children in search of likes and cash – and then want to make us believe their kids are having a ball doing it.
We desperately need to raise more awareness for and sensitivity towards this topic.
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