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Parents Beware of what you Share

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It is almost a natural instinct for parents to share their children on social media. According to this article , many parents may not know they could be putting their children in danger. Hashtags are great in many ways for social media. Overall, they make posts easier to find. This is great for helping a company look for posts about their event or even helping someone find posts about corgis. On the other hand, this can also help a pedophile find images of children. That is correct.   Pretend you are a parent giving your child a bath. You snap a picture because you think your child looks cute. You post the picture on social media with the caption, “Splash, splash. Just taking a bath! #bathtime.” All a pedophile has to do is search #bathtime, and the photo of your child could come to view. The Child Rescue Coalition seeks to educate parents about overexposing their children on social media. To do so, the coalition started the Kids for Privacy Campaign. Through this campaig...