互聯網不是你的個人相冊：保護兒童照片免遭濫用
Babies and toddlers are the most wonderful creatures.
Chubby, soft, cute and without any of the self-consciousness or inhibitions which will one day turn them into sulky teenagers.
So as they explore the world and go on their own little journey of self-discovery they provide parents with endless moments of joy which are perfect for the family Album.
But now we are in the 21st century, there is no such thing as the family album.
Photographs rarely make it from camera phone to a physical photograph.
Instead the photo album is Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. With one click of the mouse the adorable picture of your toddler playing in the sand pit for the first time, splashing in the paddling pool, or digging in the soil can be shared with the world in an instant.
Which is exactly what proud mum Courtney Adamo did when she captured the moment her wellie-wearing daughter Marlow lifted up her dress to reveal her gorgeous little pot belly.
Yet just 24-hours later the mum-of-four found that the image had been deleted and her Instagram account shut down as the picture had breached the site's decency rules.
What is the world coming to when a mum can't share a completely innocent picture of her beautiful baby?
Little Marlow wasn't revealing anything other than her perfect belly and her chubby little legs.
Yet it is seemingly fine for celebrities like Rihanna to post suggestive virtually naked pictures of themselves on the site.
Instagram argues that they have to have policies in place to protect young children , but admits that in this case they got it wrong.
Now we all know that the Internet can be a dangerous place. But why should a minority of perverted individuals ruin the fun for the rest of us?
But on the other hand, should we as parents think twice before posting pictures of our kids online?
Somewhere in my mum's attic is an album filled with pictures from family holidays gone by, my sister and I playing happily in the garden in just our bikini bottoms.
All innocent fun, even more so as the only people who are ever likely to see those pictures are family.
Would I share pictures of my half-naked children online? Probably not.
While I agree that the picture of Marlow bearing her belly was totally adorable and Instagram were wrong to take it down, I do think that we as parents have a responsibility to recognise that the Internet is not a family album.
Only ever post words or pictures online that you are happy for the whole world to see – perverts and all – as that is exactly who can and will see them.嬰兒和幼兒是最奇妙的生物。
胖乎乎的，柔軟的，可愛的，沒有任何會使他們變成憂鬱青少年的自我意識或抑制力。
所以當他們去探索世界，踏上自我發現的小小旅程時，給父母帶來了無盡的歡樂，爲家庭相冊添上了完美的一筆。
但現在我們處於第二十一世紀，家庭相冊這種東西已不復存在。
手機相機裏的照片很少會變成實物照片。
取代相冊的是facebook，Instagram和推特。你的孩子玩第一次沙子坑，在水池邊嬉戲，或在土中挖掘的可愛照片，只要鼠標點擊一下，就可以在瞬間與世界分享。
這正是驕傲的媽媽考特尼·阿德姆所做的事，她抓拍了她穿着長筒靴的女兒馬洛掀起裙子露出可愛的小肚子的照片並上傳到Instagram。
然而，僅僅24小時後這位4歲孩子的媽媽發現圖片被刪除了，她的Instagram賬號因照片違反網站規則被關閉。
這世界變成了什麼樣子，一個媽媽竟然不能共享她漂亮的孩子天真無邪的可愛照片？
除了她可愛的肚子，胖乎乎的小腿，小馬洛沒有暴露任何其他部分。
然而，像蕾哈娜這樣的名人上傳自己的裸體照似乎卻是可以接受的。
Instagram認爲，他們必須有保護兒童的政策，但也承認，這次他們有點過火。
現在我們都知道互聯網可能是一個危險的地方。但是爲什麼讓少數變態的人毀了我們其餘人的樂趣？
不過另一方面，我們作爲父母，是否應該在網上發佈孩子照片前三思呢？
在我媽媽的閣樓裏有一本相冊，放滿了一張張家庭度假的照片，妹妹和我穿着比基尼在花園裏玩得很高興。
所有天真無邪的樂趣，想看到那些照片的只有家人。
我會在網上分享我孩子的半裸圖片嗎？很可能不會。
雖然我同意馬洛露出腹部的照片是十分可愛的，但這和Instagram的網站規制有衝突，我真的認爲我們作爲父母有責任意識到互聯網不是一個家庭相冊。
請你只在網上上傳那些你願意讓全世界的人看到的文字或圖片，包括變態的人和正常人，因爲他們都能看得到。
