Do you cover kids' faces on fb?

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I've got about 75 fb friends so not many.

A friend of mine always covers or blurs kids' faces on photos she puts on fb. She has about 200 friends.

I just wondered what the consensus is - YABU - yes I also cover my kid's face
YANBU - no I don't.

I don't cover my kids' faces, because I consider that anyone on fb I don't trust with an image of my kid should not be a fb friend.

To give a full picture, my friend is happy to whatsapp a pic of her kids to me, without the blur.

Am I looking at it wrong? Just curious.

I blur/cover the faces of other kids (not my own) if I don’t have express permission from a parent to show the face

Makes sense that, yeah.

No I don't hide them. My fb friends are people that I've known very well at one point or another in my life. The rest of my profile is private to the public. Wouldn't post shots of them doing anything embarrassing or unclothed etc.
I use it as a way of sharing pics with friends and family who don't live close by but are still interested in what we're up to.
My cousin never shows her kids faces - doesn't blur them out but has the backs of their heads. She has about 400 friends though so must be a fair few randoms on there! Personally I just think have a smaller friends list and then don't sweat about it!

I only have people on my FB friend list if I know them in real life so they're all people who will see my DC in some capacity and already know what they look like.

If there are other people's DC in the photo then I either crop then out, blur them or ask permission from them and their parents before sharing.

Before I share photos I think about whether it appropriate to share it and I always ask my DC if it's okay to share it alongside a reminder that it's okay for them to say no if they don't want me to. When stuff pops up on FB memories that features them I let them review it and decide whether to keep it or delete it.

I just don't put kids on fb.
I think I've only ever put one photo of dd on there.

I very rarely use Facebook but if I were to post a picture of my children i probably wouldn’t because I have all my privacy settings set so that only family/friends can see them. If I post to instagram or TikTok, I blur their faces or any identifying features in the post as it is public.

No I don't x

I don't put their pictures up since they were "identifiable!" c. age 3 + . I always blurred them as your settings may be private but others may not be, and in my experience a lot of people join community/local business and you have no idea who on earth could be linking up. Privacy settings change a lot so by managing my content I feel safe to use it.

All my FB friends post pictures of their kids without hiding their faces, except for a few (maybe two or three out of about a hundred!) who have opted not to post pictures of their children at all. I don't know anyone who shares pics with blurred out/hidden faces.

I think it's just up to the parent really, and the decision would be more about privacy than safety. Unless there is a specific reason why your child might be at risk (abusive family members, foster/adoption situation or something) then your child's at no more risk from having their photo on Facebook than they are from walking down a crowded street every day. But of course someone might think that sharing a photo of their son or daughter without their consent is an invasion of their privacy, or at least their future privacy as they get older.

I only know one person that covers their kids faces, the rest either post freely or don't post anything. I think the face covering/blurring is pretty pointless & annoying what is the point just don't post any pics of them!

It seems very 'OMG hun, did you hear about guy in the van outside the school that tried to snatch a kiddie in broad daylight?'. If you are genuinely worried, or have safeguarding-related reasons to be extra private, you just wouldn't post pics at all.

I don't have FB, but if someone wants to blur their child's face I can't see why that would be a problem for other users

Mine are adults now but when they were younger and I used Facebook a lot I decided that under 14 I wouldn't post their faces at all (did occasionally post the back of their heads). Over 14, when they were legally old enough for social media themselves I asked their permission. I never posted images of them upset or undressed or potty training or having a tantrum, or doing anything embarrassing; all of which I've seen.

They were young during the peak of Facebook and I was aware that social media is forever. I wanted them to choose what images would be attached to their names. I feel a bit old fashioned writing this and I was the odd one out but I didn't mind.

Foster carers sometimes blur or hide kids faces in pics..

Somebody on my FB posts a lot of pictures of their child but puts a stupid emoji over their face. I find that ridiculous - either don't post pictures of them at all, or have your settings private/only have people on your friends list you don't mind seeing them.

No I don’t, because I care about my children’s digital privacy. If they happen to be in an image I want to post, I cover them.

it’s very little to do with having 1000s of Facebook friends and some of them being paedophiles and more about data and the potential of AI to use this in harmful ways. I also don’t trust Meta to safeguard data properly. Your ‘friends’ accounts can also be compromised at any time.

mark Zuckerberg covers his kids faces once they are a certain age- and I can tell you, kidnapping risks are only a small part of it!

privacy will be at a premium in the future. I’m leaving it up to my kids on making the choice themselves to have a digital footprint.

i already have one- the damage is done for me. Honestly don’t know why people are so desperate to put their kids out there. Create a signal or telegram group for family if you want to share photos.

No, we don’t blur them, but we only post things where their faces are naturally obscured, so wearing a mask, had their face painted etc.

Not faces but I do blank out identifable logos like school logos or scouting/GG units.

Yes, this is what my friend does. Might be the same person.

I wouldn’t have anyone on FB who I wouldn’t feel safe with seeing photos of my kids. At the same time if I did really care, I just wouldn’t upload the photo at all. How odd to choose to upload photos just to blur them… It just looks silly, just don’t upload any.

Just genuinely curious, those that are saying they don't post pics of their kids because they are worried about AI/privacy down the line, what in particular would the issue be? (Obviously mark Zuckerberg's kids are a whole other issue due to him being a wealthy/powerful target).
The kids aren't tagged in the photos so how would their names even be associated with the photo?

My fb friends are all family or people I know and see in real life. The only pics I put of kids is completely innocuous ones - nothing embarrassing, no bare skin. Nothing which could compromise them in future or be any sort of issue. It’s also not very regularly.

Loads of people put emojis on children's faces, it pretty normal. Its totally personal preference to post pictures of your children online, it doesn't bother me at all, in fact conversely I cringe more when people post embarrassing photos and don't hide their children's face.

No, but my settings are private and am not ‘friends’ with anyone who is not a friend in real life. I don’t post photos of dd’s friends. Both my children have fb accounts but I don’t tag them.

My child isn't old enough to consent to data sharing and cookies. I don't think it's in the child's best interests to consent on their behalf - they have nothing to gain and lots to lose in relation to privacy. Adults/parents are the only ones to gain from posting pictures of their children online.