Parents shared photos of their daughters in school uniforms:

>The children’s images were used by Meta after their parents had posted them on Instagram to mark their return to school. The parents were unaware that Meta’s settings permitted it to do this. One mother said her account was set to private, but the posts were automatically cross-posting to Threads where they were visible. Another said she posted the picture to a public Instagram account. The posts of their children were highlighted to the stranger as “suggested threads”.

Data’s lookin’ uncomfortable:

>With 267 followers, her Instagram account usually had modest reach but the post of her child attracted nearly 7,000 views, 90% from non-followers, half of whom were aged over 44 and 90% of whom were men.

There's some amount of evidence that social media amplifies our worst tendencies. How we collectively decide to normalise this is another matter. And even if your account is set to private, as a fellow parent, why are you posting your underage children's uniform online…?