...and of course in the theme of the South African news article, is parents around the world may benefit from advisories spread from many sources apt these days, to be appropriately vigilant and cautious, in consideration of the 'technological tool' in easy to carry smartphones and other picture taking and recording devices that are out there now, which could be used in ways not admirable.
Appropriately vigilant, is appropriate, to set here, as there have been reports of parents taking constructive pictures of their kids or adopted children, and have been mistook for illicit wrongful activity, such as through judgmental stereotyping, or assumptions without enough factual background.
Read December 24th, 2014 article:
Parents outraged at illicit photos
More than 100 photographs of children were found on the phone.URL:
http://southcoastherald.co.za/70245/shock-over-child-photos/#at_pco=cfd-1.0&at_ab=-&at_pos=1&at_tot=6&at_si=549c68e2be335a85Summary
of the article, a couple and parent caught a few guys taking pictures using
a smartphone of their toddler son and relatives at the beach, and took steps to look
further into the suspicious activity that was going on, eventually the
police got involved, pictures found in the phone; inferences that the
pictures are used for exploitative purposes to use for Internet
postings.
Background notes: St. Mike's Beach...
there is a St. Micheals/Michaels-on-Sea
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