The Dangers of Sharenting: The Dark Side of Growing Up Online
<p>Looking back on these words by Leonard Cohen, we can’t help being struck by the eerie relevance they hold today. Numerous kids have committed suicide because of social media. And this threat is about to become worse. But how did we get here? Why is this acutely relevant in our current AI and machine learning age?<strong> BEWARE: If you ignore this warning, your children and those you love the most could be next.</strong></p>
<p>We’ve all done it. As doting parents, we’ve shared countless pictures of our children online, their milestones, everyday moments, and innocent shenanigans. We’ve been building their digital presence before they could utter their first words. After all, what’s wrong with sharing the joy of parenting with our family and friends, documenting our child’s journey through life? Little did we know that we were inadvertently creating a playground for a new era of cybercrime and cyberexploitation powered by artificial intelligence (AI).</p>
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