School’s starting. Please stop doxxing your kids
THE SO WHAT
Consumer oversharing of kids’ data is now a supply chain for identity theft and AI-generated abuse material. Platforms, schools, and any app touching minors’ data need to treat image and metadata exposure as a core safety and liability surface, not a comms issue.
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