Pic and Choose
“Why is it,” asks Genevieve Maheux-Pelletier, “that my child is put aside and being told, ‘No, I’m sorry, but you cannot be part of the picture?’” It’s because his parents refused to sign the consent form for his picture to be taken at école élémentaire La Fontaine, the school he attends in Kleinburg, Ont., Canada. Maheux-Pelletier said that’s because signing the form would have allowed pictures of the 4-year-old to be shared on social media. A spokeswoman for the school board said allowing pictures to be taken, but keeping them off social media, would be too demanding. (AC/CBC) ...The real world’s privacy settings aren’t as flexible as Facebook’s.Original Publication Date: 19 February 2017
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.
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