I too am incredibly thankful that Facebook wasn’t around when I was a child. Myspace came along when I was about 13 though and when they released all the photographs onto Google a few years ago I was absolutely horrified at the photographs I had posted of myself back then. I applied to Google to have the right to be forgotten — listing every Myspace URL for the photographs (thankfully only a handful).

And posting those pictures were my (13-year old’s) choice. I can’t imagine how it would feel to have your parents post photographs without your permission. Children need to be able to grow up without that put upon them.

Great article, really well articulated!