Experts stress the risks of uploading images of children to the internet, ask that their digital footprint be protected. From the age of 14 they are legally entitled to give their consent on which photos can be uploaded and which can not.
The problem is that many times families are not aware that they share information beyond their control. Children can be vulnerable to impersonation, to becoming memes and being harassed by their peers, to ending up in image banks for sexual purposes, says Vanesa de la Cruz.