For example, I think we’ll see a much more considered approach to uploading pictures to social media, currently up to 42% of parents in the UK say they share pictures of their children online (source). Education on this topic will continue to improve, but with the increasing power of AI, the stakes of sharing pictures online are getting higher. For example, in February in Spain, 5 teenagers were investigated for posting pictures of naked minors that had been taken from social media profiles and then manipulated using AI (source).
Unfortunately, phone ownership is increasing not just in teens, but in young ages too; in the UK this year, Ofcom found that a quarter of 5-7 year-olds had smartphones. Over in the US, Florida banned children under 14 from having social media accounts and requiring minors aged 14 and 15 to have parental consent to have one. I wonder if we’ll see a lot more moves in this direction?
