That innocent video you just posted of your child might not be so innocent, after all. A Texas mom was shocked to learn that the cute footage of her child dancing in his diaper ended up on a private YouTube channel full of nude children.
We all do it, or at least we all did. YouTube and Facebook are staples when it comes to keeping friends and family abreast of your child's magical moments. Especially for loved ones who live far away.
But mom Kelli Clark is warning that we should think twice, because you never know where those photos or videos may wind up.
Her son's video went from 50 to 3,000 hits. Next thing Clark knew, a woman from Sweden informed her that the video was on a pornographic list.
"I went to look and I was totally shocked," said Clark. "From then, I called the FBI and they couldn't really do anything about it because they weren't actually his videos. They were other people's videos that he had actually just collected."
Moral of the story: be extra vigilant when uploading photos and videos on social media sites, setting the required privacy settings to limit users to family and friends. YouTube states that videos set to private "don't appear in a channel, search results or playlists."
Do you share images and videos of your children on Facebook or YouTube? Are you confident in the privacy controls on these sites?
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