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Ages 8+ · Digital Life · Me online
Sharing photos safely
🔍background⭕who sees it🙋everyone said yes🧑ask a grown-up
Check before you post a photo.
The big ideaBefore you post a photo, check the background, who sees it, and that everyone said yes.

How it works

Check one is the background: a photo shows more than faces.

Check two is who sees it: choose the smallest circle that works.

Check three is whether everyone in the photo said yes.

Once a photo is out, other people can save it and pass it on, so we check before, not after.

Check thebackgroundCheck who seesitCheck thateveryone saidyesThen post, orask a grown-up
Three checks.

Example 1: The background

  1. Behind the team was a school bus with the school's name, and a street sign by the gate.
  2. A school name or a street shows where you learn or live.
  3. That is private from strangers and people online, so look before you post.
Could show where you live or learn• A street sign• A house number• A school bus with its name• A school badgeShows nothing about you• A blue sky• Green grass• A bowl of fruit
A photo's background.

Example 2: Who sees it

  1. Dad drew three circles: family, friends and everyone.
  2. Zainab picked the small one, family only.
  3. Dad set it to just Baba, Nana and her cousins.

Example 3: Everyone said yes

  1. Zainab asked Esi if she could share the team photo with her family.
  2. Esi said her mom says no photos of her online.
  3. A photo of someone is partly theirs, so Zainab said thank you and kept it private.

Example 4: The goose photo

  1. A photo of just the goose, with only grass and sky behind it.
  2. A goose is not a person, so nobody needs to say yes.
  3. She checked who would see it, and Dad set it to family only.

Words to know

background
What is behind the people in a photo.
circle
The group who can see it: family, friends or everyone.
say yes
Agree that a photo can be shared.

Watch out

Try it

  1. Which photo could show your school: a bus with its name or a blue sky?
  2. Who should see a team photo: family your grown-up picks or everyone online?
  3. A friend in the photo says no. What do you do?
  4. Does a goose in a photo need to say yes?
Answers: 1. The bus · 2. Family your grown-up picks · 3. Say thank you and pick another photo · 4. No
Try at homeWith a grown-up, pick a family photo and check the background, who sees it, and if everyone said yes.
For grown-upsPick a family photo together and run the three checks: look at the background, set who sees it, and ask everyone in it.
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