Digital kidnapping occurs when a stranger steals a parent’s social media snaps and uses the images on their own accounts to live out a fake life online in a concept known as “role-playi…
Mommy bloggers beware.
“This changed my mind about sharing my stuff online,” the Maine-based mama told South West News Service. “Mommy blog culture normalizes oversharing intimate personal details of your kids and they aren’t old enough to agree or disagree with it.” The friend immediately contacted Steele to let her know her family’s photos were being reshared on a separate account by a stranger who had made up their own fictional family with the mom’s real-life images.
“It was absolutely horrifying,” the mom recalled, claiming the imposter account had taken nearly 30 of her photos and built their own following of thousands by writing fake captions about special family memories.found that the majority of those participating are teenage girls and young women using the photos to roleplay in a virtual game of make-believe motherhood.
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