To hope this finally makes people understand about photos at school?

[LeahJack]

Just read that the little boy who was acid attacked was tracked down by photos put online.

This is often discussed on here and there are always complaints that it can’t do any harm and it’s not fair.

I hope those people pause for thought before taking a sneaky picture next time.

Have you got a link? I haven’t seen that anywhere. YANBU anyway.

I've seen it too and that was my first thought. Poor wee soul.

I really don't understand your post, OP. Photos at school; taking sneaky pictures?

Who put his photos online?
Was it his parent(s)/family/friends or maybe he was out in public and has been photographed as a member of the general public and then the picture was in the local paper?

I haven't seen anything in the news about what you've posted but unfortunately if you go out in public then there's a good chance in today's digital/tech world you'll be in someone's photos.

Very sad case though and I'm glad there has been arrests.

Well he's three and he doesn't go to school he was in his buggie in Home bargains with his mum so who put his photo online?

It's believed the dad who was one of the gang responsible recognised an old sibling of the boy in a newspaper and was able to tack them down, and the mum was in fact the intended target.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/news/6855597/worcester-acid-attack-latest-news-toddler-dad-arrested/amp/

Don't know if this will work

But it wasnt parents putting photos on social media or other parents taking sneaky pictures and catching other children in shot.

It was a picture taken by the media, conventual media, which they would have seaked permission for, at a school event.

Or he was caught as a member of the public in the back groud of shot.

So it was a school photo featured in the newspaper of the older sibling. As Snowysky said the attack was intended for the mother by her estranged husband.

So OP are you opposed to schools allowing the local newspaper to print photos of your schoolchildren? The newspapers should actually get consents from parents before publishing - schools should make sure they are okayed by parents and they have the right not to have their children featured.

I thought all schools had on record which children we allowed to be photographed and under what circumstances. In all the schools I have worked in, it has been standard.

YABVU it shouldnt matter if there is a 2 page spread taken out in the national papers no one should be attacked in this way. The only person at fault are those who attacked.

YANBU. The only people responsible for the attack are the ones who committed it. But irresponsible social media behaviour can render innocents trackable by the scum who would commit this sort of attack. As long as we live in such a depressing world, we should all try to protect innocent vulnerable children.

This is a good demonstration of why sharing photographs can be dangerous. In this instance it was a paper (the brother was in the background - I wonder if the mum had actually guven permission?) but exactly the same can happen with social media.

You're not wrong to want people to stop and think OP. I doubt the ones who would share photos will though.