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Why there are no pictures of my daughter online

Hannah Khalil

Digital Content Producer, About The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Blog

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I’m an avid Radio 4 listener so I’m Μύthrilled that this week sees the return of , writer Amelia Bullmore’s Μύ(who you’d recognise as Alan Partridge’s Eastern European girlfriend) crime drama. It’s a regular returning drama on and centres around DCI Craven, played by Maxine Peake, and her team.

Yesterday’s gruesome of the series centred on the death of a young girl: β€œWhen two boys find the body of teenager Florence Henderson hanging from a tree in a wood, they post a photo of her suspended body to Facebook - alerting police and family.” But that’s not the only link the internet has to the case, as reveals.

It’s no accident that the series has been programmed for this week – today is – and there are a series of spin off shorts to supplement the radio drama on the to further highlight issues around internet safety.

It’s a theme close to my own heart – I’m lucky enough never to have experienced any cyber bullying – but apparently 1 in 3 internet users do. As the mother of a two-year-old however I’m highly aware that the physical and virtual world will be intrinsically linked for her in a way I can’t yet fully comprehend.

Like most of my friends and family I have an online presence on Twitter and Facebook – but I remain cautious about what I post, and have a rule that no pictures of my daughter appear on social media, much to some of my friends’ and family’s confusion. When I try to explain that it makes me uncomfortable and that we all need to think carefully about issues of safety around our β€˜online existence’ they often roll their eyes like I’m being overcautious. I’ll certainly be directing them to this week’s Craven and about Staying Safe Online – it’s something that we all need to be thinking about in this day and age.

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