Stop. Your baby isn’t a prop.
Your child has no means to offer consent on their whole lives being painted across social media. You get a few hearts, a few reaction emojis, your dopamine spikes — we get it.
But think about it just a little bit more.
Do you really want these companies to have a wholly fleshed out consumer profile on your kid before they can walk? Because that’s what’s happening with how efficient these facial recognition algorithms.
They cannot give consent. Would you want your parents to have publicly shared all of your life’s moments, embarrassing or otherwise, for the world to see?
There’s some sick people out there that prey on these posts. Not trying to fear monger, as it isn’t the highest likelihood of happening, but it is certainly a non-zero percentage possibility.
So just stop. Post your meal. Post a sunset. But stop using your fucking kid as a prop.
/rant