To think influencers lack of safety is frustrating

I find it so strange Rochelle Humes has posted where her son goes to school!

the school posted a photo of the two of them - I think they were reading a book to the classroom.

Quite a few footballers have been targetted as a result of them posting on social media that they're on holiday. It does beggar belief to be honest.

There's a guy on social media who parodies influencers. It's brilliant, he sticks post it notes on his fingers for the fake talons and rips the shit out of them.

What is it that you’re worried about though? As I see it:

kidnap- never going to happen
deep fakes- can happen to anyone whose image is recorded
grooming- this is a risk to all children- however at a young age is easily preventable by them having no access to messaging services.

What is your realistic worry ? I mean the burglary one is already pretty tentative so I’m expecting this to be the same

Completely agree. This is a good campaign to show the dangers in sharing your children online. It’s really creepy

dataprotection.ie/en/children

I find it very weird and invasive when influencers show their kids bedrooms. I know one who is notorious for this and her eldest is a teen now. It just feels so wrong, that’s their private safe space and they are showing it off to the world for freebies and likes. Vom.

I also don’t get the security issues around the children’s faces and schools and locations- what do you think, someone is going to kidnap their kids for ransom?!?

there are privacy issues with children on social media, but security issues I imagine are as overblown as the security issues from doing a house tour

I’ve seen posts from several of some serious unsafe DIY, esp “garden kitchens” without proper heatproofing etc.

The less influencers there are in the world the better it will be. If they want to put themselves in harms way so be it.

I don’t really follow lifestyle influencers as such but there is someone who posts cooking videos online (she did well in a TV show a few years back) and she also sometimes posts ‘get dressed with me’ videos including herself in underwear. These come up on Facebook reels.

She is a very attractive woman and I think this is a gift to perverts and stalkers, especially as she also sometimes posts videos of herself outside on the street. Plus described her general area of London when buying a new house. I don’t even follow her but the algorithm has sent me this information.

Those who live in London know that the housing stock tends to fall into a few different styles by area, so it really wouldn’t be too hard to use Rightmove and Streetview to narrow down the area in which she lives. It seems risky to me, especially since this was illustrated by the plot against Holly Willoughby.

Burglars already know where the grand and lovely houses are. Garden fences are no obstacle to them. If they were of a mind, they could easily and quickly locate a child's bedroom. They don't need online "blueprints" to carry out their misdeeds.

I would think they should be more cautious for personal safety, we see how unhinged ppl can be in comments on SM. One I follow on TikTok, routinely shares the view of her street; the school in it so very easy to pinpoint her home, posts her kids with school badges on show. Seems a nice person but I’m mystified why she’s not a bit more sensible.

Perhaps not so different from estate agents posting sales particulars online?

Oh some definitely do. Especially the ones that target antiques or high end jewellery. Back in the day they loved the lifestyle magazines where the rich and stupid invited in photos and advertised their possessions in full colour spreads.Nothing new under the sun.

My main concern is their kid's general safety and well being rather than them being burgled but yes YANBU, they seem to lack any common sense.

Sophie May Dickson (Blinging up baby) is the most concerning "influencer"/social media poster I've ever come across in terms of concern about her children and over a decade of people shouting their concerns hasn't been enough for her to pack it in. Her eldest's struggles have ended so sadly. 😔

I don't think influencers should be allowed to monetise their children. It's exploitative and just .... Grim. 😔

This and re She went into every single room and described where the room was. She is going to continue uploading videos around how they are decorating and furnishing the rooms. The house is very grand and lovely so I would imagine the items in the house will also be that how else do you think she’s going to fill it? #sponsored items?!

I agree but I think anyone who flashes their wealth, big houses, every detail of their lives etc are asking for trouble. I remember Helen Flanagan getting robbed after posting pics of her house she shared with a footballer and then posting that he had gone out for the night and she was home alone.

Depends how much money you make I suppose.

My 18 year old son makes more money than me making videos on YouTube. I’d say that was a proper job. Are you jealous or something?

Kim Kardashian learnt the hard way that it is not a good idea to put your whole life on social media flashing your money about. She was robbed of over £7 million worth of jewellery in a Paris hotel room! Must have been terrifying. After this, she must have cut down how much she posted on social media.

What happened to Kim Kardashian was extreme but being so open about your life on social media is very risky.

I think anyone who advertises their life on line is nutty but everyone seems to be doing it 🤷🏻‍♀️