Was I unreasonable to post a picture of this man online?

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For context, I regularly attend a church with my DP - and it's fairly old school I guess if that's relevant. I was at an event the other week with quite a few other church people including ministers, and afterwards my friend sent me a photo of me, DP and one of aforementioned ministers standing in a group. She had told us to be 'casual' in it, and the resulting pic was both nice and amusing to me - I'm doing a mid-conversation pose, and a minister is with us. So I posted it on Instagram, with a caption like, 'my favourite informal snap from...' blah blah. Today, I find out through a garbled message that DP has heard from the minister, and the minister wants it to be deleted from my account.

I'm a bit baffled, but also massively embarrassed that this man has somehow tracked the photo down and asked for it to be deleted He definitely doesn't have Instagram, my account is private...I suppose he heard from a church acquaintance, but it's hardly a dreadful picture! Argh...was I very unreasonable? :(

So, we might ask, why do schools ask permission then? And I would then ask back, is a school a public space?

As public's spaces are in fact different to private spaces different rules apply. The venue can specify rules, if photography is likely to be an issue. People attending venues can negotiate these rules, or, if they are unhappy with the rules, not attend the venue.

I'm glad you've taken it down OP. I don't use any social media and would be mightily pissed off if someone put a photo of me online but then the chances of anyone getting within 100 yards of me with a camera in their hands are close to zero.

NewYearNewMe18
O/T IMHO people who get upset about social media are usually hiding from their past

What utter bullshit, it's more to do with being completely disinterested in the minutiae of people's lives.

Ahahhaha copyright.... Shudder copyright rules will bite you on the arse every time

@maxthemartian

I'm not sure why everyone is saying you have to ask people's permission to put pictures of them on social media? It may be a nice courtesy, but legally there is nothing to stop me photographing any of you and your children in a public place and plastering it all over Facebook.

You may be correct, but only a twat would do that.

And if you DID take pics of me and MY CHILDREN and post them 'all over facebook,' I can assure you that you would regret it.

OP, YWBU to put pics of this man and post them online without his permission.

Don't worry about it though, just take them down, and casually apologise when you see him.

OP, YWBU to put pics of this man and post them online without his permission. This.

It would have been good manners to ask permission before posting, however its not a hanging offence, why don't you write a note apologising for any offence caused. That would clear the air.

@Lavendargreen Taking photos and posting them on SM is not against the law, however threatening someone on social media is.