General Article The perils of ‘sharenting’: The parents who share too much

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By the age of five, many children will have had 1,500 photos of them shared online. But what happens when they grow up?

By Rosie Hopegood

David Devore Jr is just like any other 18-year-old. On Instagram, he posts pictures with his prom date and of his college acceptance letter. On Twitter, he tweets about his favourite football team and shares clips from TikTok stars. But there is one thing that sets him apart from other kids his age: On YouTube, there is a video of him, aged seven, which has...

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