Lesson 147 · 2 min
Protecting children's photos online
Photos of children posted publicly can be copied, edited with AI or used to find them, so share fewer, share privately, and hide identifying details.
A cute photo can reveal a child's face, full name, school uniform, daily routes and birthday. Together these help strangers build a picture of the child.
AI tools can turn ordinary photos into fake or harmful images. That is a crime in many countries, but it is very hard to undo once pictures are out.
Set your social accounts to friends only, avoid uniforms, name tags and location tags, and post fewer close-up face shots. Ask other parents and the school before sharing group photos.
As children grow, ask them before posting their pictures. It teaches them that their image belongs to them.
Do it now
Check what you share about your child
- 1. Look at the last ten photos of your child that you posted.
- 2. Check who can see them and whether any show the school, address or full name.
- 3. Change the audience to friends only, or remove any that reveal too much.
Quick check
Keep going
Next →Reporting scams in VietnamWords from this lesson
- Image generation
- Creating pictures from a written description, using AI trained on very large collections of images and captions.
- Deepfake
- A fake video, photo or audio clip made with AI to show a real person saying or doing something they never did.
- Data privacy
- Keeping personal or confidential information under control, including deciding what you type into AI tools and where it is stored.