AIBU to dislike people putting photos of my baby on Facebook?

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I'm not on Facebook because I don't really like it and have no use for it, but I know it's a big thing for some people. My DH has an account and a few times after we've seen friends or family he has shown me a photo someone has taken of our baby (sometimes I'm in the photo too) and put on their Facebook page. This always makes me uncomfortable and a bit cross. People never ask if they can publish the photos. AIBU to think this is at best bad manners, at worst a damn cheek? I feel very protective of my baby's privacy. I accept it's the age of technology but it still feels wrong. AIBU?

That makes sense, akachan - though isn't there usually a notice on your ticket that says "we will be filming this event, if you don't want to be filmed don't come"? (In longer words, though!)

There is, as a belt and braces, and I'm not advocating using people's pictures without permission if you can just get a release and everyone is happy. In reality though someone in a public place has no cause of action for a picture usually.

If the picture labelled them a thief (and they weren't) they would have a good defamation claim. If they were famous and you implied a sponsorship they might have a passing off claim.

If you just took a photo of me in yhe street and used it in a paper to illustrate your story on fat old bags I'd be sad but I wouldn't have a legal recourse.

My DH has a FB account purely because he now lives quite a distance from his family and friends, so it makes it easier to see pictures etc. Although
we take dozens of pictures of our nephews and nieces, neither of us would dream of putting them online without the express permission of their parents. It's incredibly rude to do otherwise, even though they regularly post their own photos of the children.

To anyone who doesn't understand what the issue is, why can it just not be accepted that some people don't want pictures of themselves or their children on the internet? That, to me, is far less strange than some people's desire to document every aspect of their life to 500 vague acquaintances that you probably wouldn't recognise if you passed in the street.