Never do THIS with your kids' photos!

Who’s really using your kids' photos online? Here’s how to prevent abuse!

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00:00Posting photos, especially of kids, online is now more dangerous than you think.

00:05It's not just predators having an interest in them, big tech is misusing them as well.

00:10Photos uploaded to social networks are often used to train AI systems.

00:15Data-hungry companies scan the web for images, including those of children.

00:19Take photo generator Lion5b. Its dataset was reported to contain thousands of images

00:25of children taken from public social media posts.

00:28And AI can create fake nudes from fully clothed photos.

00:32Pedophiles are using these tools to build and share collections on the darknet.

00:37So always keep your profiles private, and think twice before sharing pictures online.

00:42In the worst case, tools like TakeItDown can help.

00:45But only if you actually find those manipulated images of your children.