Everyone knows Facebook is guilty of TMI. But for an Irish dad, TMI went one step further when his 12-year-old daughter managed to upload sexually provocative photos of herself onto the social media site. Hello, pedophiles!
The dad in question claims it’s Facebook's has fault for putting the girl at risk, and he’s suing. As it stands, the site doesn’t have any checks in place to ensure that children are over the permitted age of 13 when they open an account.
Apparently, when the father found out about the photos, he immediately closed his daughter’s account. But she simply opened another. According to the Evening Herald, following the pictures in which she appears “heavily made-up”, men have been sending her explicit messages and requesting more photos. Clearly she looks older than 12 years old.
So whose job is it, anyway, to protect our children online? Is it realistic for parents to constantly monitor their children’s activity on the net, or should sites like Facebook set up more stringent security measures to ensure its members are of age?
I can’t wait to see what the court decides.
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