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I’m European, so using twitter in that way would be really illegal. Having children of my own, I’m really happy they weren’t shared on an American social media-

I’m European, so using twitter in that way would be really illegal. Having children of my own, I’m really happy they weren’t shared on an American social media-platform for the entire world to see. We do have digital platforms for sharing stuff like that, but they are operated by the schools and the data is encrypted, access locked to the correct parties and the data is t kept forever. That way, you can actually also share meaningful information directly linked to your child.

thfuran 8y ago
It still baffles me that we went from a common wisdom of "don't share personal information on the internet with anyone" to "chronicle your life on the internet publicly" in a few years. I think the first was a bit of an overreaction, but far closer to a sane level of prudence than the current state of affairs.
- Nasrudith 8y ago
  It isn't too surprising - the first popularly wasn't because of sensible "permanent reputation effects" or similar but scare mongering that giving your state and real first name was a sure way to get raped and murdered. Even sensationalist press couldn't find enough to spam even with fabrications like Nintendo DS's pictochat being a pedophile nest and it lost the new and scary factor. So between that crying wolf and the trend following and desire to be famous the shift makes sense.
Angostura 8y ago
Not surprisingly, we only ever use photographs where all children and their parents have given informed consent, otherwise we would be in breach of GDPR. Parents are asked whether to select whether photos can be used for 1. Inside for school displays 2. For training purposes 3. In school newsletters 4. On the school website 5. For publicity purposes, including Twitter, press releases. I too am a parent, if the school want to say 'well done to the football team for winnning the London championships', and have a photo of the team with the trophy that's fine by me. Some parents agree, some disagree. Some disagree until their kids tell them that they would like to be in the photo. Names aren't used on the Twitter account.

thfuran 8y ago

It still baffles me that we went from a common wisdom of "don't share personal information on the internet with anyone" to "chronicle your life on the internet publicly" in a few years. I think the first was a bit of an overreaction, but far closer to a sane level of prudence than the current state of affairs.

Nasrudith 8y ago
It isn't too surprising - the first popularly wasn't because of sensible "permanent reputation effects" or similar but scare mongering that giving your state and real first name was a sure way to get raped and murdered. Even sensationalist press couldn't find enough to spam even with fabrications like Nintendo DS's pictochat being a pedophile nest and it lost the new and scary factor. So between that crying wolf and the trend following and desire to be famous the shift makes sense.

Angostura 8y ago

Not surprisingly, we only ever use photographs where all children and their parents have given informed consent, otherwise we would be in breach of GDPR. Parents are asked whether to select whether photos can be used for 1. Inside for school displays 2. For training purposes 3. In school newsletters 4. On the school website 5. For publicity purposes, including Twitter, press releases. I too am a parent, if the school want to say 'well done to the football team for winnning the London championships', and have a photo of the team with the trophy that's fine by me. Some parents agree, some disagree. Some disagree until their kids tell them that they would like to be in the photo. Names aren't used on the Twitter account.