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Basically every kindergarten, primary school and high school will want to post pictures. Here (NL) we get a form at the beginning of each school year to mark w

Basically every kindergarten, primary school and high school will want to post pictures. Here (NL) we get a form at the beginning of each school year to mark which uses of photos we find acceptable. E.g. we allow photos in the school portal (which is private and not owned by big tech), but not on Facebook, etc. It's the way it should be done, because there is not much burden on the parents. If the school also wants to put photos on social media, the burden should be on them to make sure that kids for which they don' have an ack are not put there. A bit harder was initially convincing my parents not to put pictures of their granddaughter on Facebook. They are understandably proud and want to show their friends. But they respect it. I think in all her life there has only been two violations of our policy. In both cases we contacted the person who published the photo/video and they took it offline. You just need enough 'weirdos' to make it normal. I know that there are other parents that agree, but not everyone has the gut to stand up to the social media tyranny, but will join if some people set an example.

bojan 1y ago
Our (NL) elementary school places pictures of the fun activities they do with kids on Instagram, but they blur children's faces, resulting in the photos straight out of the uncanny valley. I do wonder also if the blur effect they use is one of those that can easily be reversed. I need to check that one of these days.
- squigz 1y ago
  > Our (NL) elementary school places pictures of the fun activities they do with kids on Instagram, but they blur children's faces, resulting in the photos straight out of the uncanny valley. Honestly what's the point at this point? Are parents not going to send their children to that school because they didn't see pictures of blurry-faced children having fun on the Internet, or is this just teachers wanting to post about their students?
  - jwr 1y ago
    It's a strange idea that schools need to do "marketing" and "promotion".
jwr 1y ago
I am usually the only parent that doesn't want to sign the school media release form. It's a long way...

bojan 1y ago

Our (NL) elementary school places pictures of the fun activities they do with kids on Instagram, but they blur children's faces, resulting in the photos straight out of the uncanny valley. I do wonder also if the blur effect they use is one of those that can easily be reversed. I need to check that one of these days.

squigz 1y ago
> Our (NL) elementary school places pictures of the fun activities they do with kids on Instagram, but they blur children's faces, resulting in the photos straight out of the uncanny valley. Honestly what's the point at this point? Are parents not going to send their children to that school because they didn't see pictures of blurry-faced children having fun on the Internet, or is this just teachers wanting to post about their students?
- jwr 1y ago
  It's a strange idea that schools need to do "marketing" and "promotion".

jwr 1y ago

I am usually the only parent that doesn't want to sign the school media release form. It's a long way...