‘No risk-free way’: Schools warned to stop posting student photos online
“Having children on social media when they have no control or say in that is actually a mixed message at best.Advertisement“Either we’re in a risk-mitigation setting where we have to take this seriously, or we’re not. It would be safer to not have kids’ images online at all.”Leaver and Salter said many parents were signing broad, once-a-year consent forms, leaving families blind to how their child’s image could be used.“My honest advice is: unfortunately it’s a more complicated world now. We can’t tick a box once in February and hope that it’s all for the best for the rest of the year.
- ▪“Having children on social media when they have no control or say in that is actually a mixed message at best.Advertisement“Either we’re in a risk-mitigation setting where we have to take this seriously, or we’re not.
- ▪It would be safer to not have kids’ images online at all.”Leaver and Salter said many parents were signing broad, once-a-year consent forms, leaving families blind to how their child’s image could be used.“My honest advice is: unfortunately
- ▪We can’t tick a box once in February and hope that it’s all for the best for the rest of the year.
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| Publication time | Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +1000 |
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