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Social media: Should parents be allowed to post their kids?

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In the age of Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, sharing milestones of your children online has become as natural as breathing for most South African parents. But here is the thing.
South Africa's POPI Act exists specifically to protect personal information and a child's image is personal information. Yet millions of photos of children are uploaded daily without a second thought, by the very people who love them most.
J Sbu asked you: should parents be allowed to post photos of their children on social media? Here's how that went..
12 May English South Africa Society & Culture · Personal Journals

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