Police in Germany created a viral hit this week when they put out an urgent appeal for people to stop stripping children of their privacy.
The appeal, from police in Hagen, was
posted, appropriately enough, on Facebook.
It was first posted on Tuesday, and by Friday morning, it had been shared by more than 245,000 people.
In the post, Hagen police noted that people freely post onto Facebook pictures of children nude while in a pool or at the beach, as if there were no consequences for posting such images.
From the translated post:Maybe you find the photos sweet today, but your child will find them endlessly embarrassing in a couple of years. Or your child will even be bullied. Even worse: a pedophile could use such photos for their purposes, publishing them elsewhere.
