Parents, Stop With the Naked Kid Pics on Instagram, Urges Child Safety Campaign

When my first child was born, my wife and I agreed we would not share any photos of the kid online without the express written consent of the other parent. I broke that agreement within the first 10 minutes of her birth. She's now 3 1/2 years old (and her baby brother is 5 months old), and my wife and I—ok, let's be honest, more I than she—have pretty much ignored our mutual agreement by posting images of them on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. I cannot count the number of photos I've posted of them in their cuteness, and in some cases, their nakedness. Because they're babies. What rational person would think something beyond cute kids being cute? April is National Child Abuse Prevention month, and the Child Rescue Coalition (CRC), a nonprofit that works with law enforcement agencies to track, arrest and prosecute child predators, with the help of agency David & Goliath, wants to educate idiot parents like me about the risks of over-exposing their kids on social media. “It’s time for parents to think twice before they post,” said David Angelo, founder and chairman of D&G in a statement. “While parents are naively posting intimate photos and details about their kids on social media, they have no idea how easily these images can be screenshot and downloaded by predators and sex offenders, who can manipulate, misuse and repost them on other sites.” As part of the campaign, CRC and D&G, which worked pro-bono on this, created the @KidsForPrivacy movement, which includes the 60-second video below, as well as a hub on Instagram. There, parents can learn about the dangers of exposing their kids on social media, as well as tips and info on how to protect their kids' online privacy. [kickout id="1"] The campaign is also hoping to take over over-sharing hashtags like #PottyTraining and #NakedKids by flooding them with images of kids holding signs that say "Privacy, Please." "We were blown away by CRC’s mission and the technology they’ve created that gives law enforcement access to information that they may not know even exists," Angelo said. "Through this movement, we want to raise awareness of this issue and get parents to understand that all kids have the right to privacy online." Consider my awareness raised, and now it's time to go through my social accounts and do some deleting. CREDITS: Agency: David&Goliath, LA Founder & Chairman: David Angelo President: Yumi Prentice Chief Creative Officer: Bobby Pearce Chief Strategic Officer: Wells Davis Executive Creative Director: Gustavo Sarkis Creative Directors: Fernando Reis, Marcelo Padoca Associate Creative Directors: Kika Douglas, Samyr Aslan Souen Copywriters: Julie Blakley, Kika Douglas, Marcelo Padoca Art Directors: Kris Wong, Samyr Aslan Souen, Fernando Reis Director of Broadcast Production: Paul Albanese Agency Producer: Natalia Celis Director of Digital Production: Peter Bassett Senior Digital Producer: Justine Kleeman Senior Developer: Benjamin Smith UX Lead: John Randall, IV Developer: Mariano Echegoyen Digital Desginer: Meagan Steinkamp Executive Director of Business and Legal Affairs: Rodney Pizarro Senior Business Affairs Manager: Natasha Royzina Group Account Director: Michele Tebbe Account Supervisor: Lauren Gluck Senior Strategist: Chris Kwak Senior Digital Strategist: Natalie Gomez Strategy and Influencer Marketer: Noelle Suarez Project Managers: Amanda Bercovitch, Donna Alexander Editorial House: Spinach LA Managing Director: Adam Bright Executive Producer: Jonathan Carpio Editor: Juan Pablo Digenio Editor: Carlos Crooks Producer: David Cooke Music Company: Jamute Composer: James Pinto Mixer: Otavio Bertolo Account Manager: Marcelo Romero

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Parents, Stop With the Naked Kid Pics on Instagram, Urges Child Safety Campaign

Child Rescue Coalition is taking over hashtags like #PottyTraining

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