Pictures that have changed my world Reading: Picture-crazy1 parents a) Read the text about a young Austrian woman and her parents. Then do the tasks below. A young woman in Austria is taking her parents to court2. Why? They have posted childhood pictures of her on Facebook without asking for her permission. The 18-year-old woman, who finds these pictures embarrassing, says about her parents, “It was crazy. It didn’t matter what I was doing – crying, or even sitting on the toilet, for example – they took a picture of everything. I asked them again and again to take those photos down, but they didn’t.” So she decided to ask a lawyer for help when she had her 18th birthday. Her parents, who have 700 friends on Facebook, have shared the photographs online for everyone to see. Her father thinks that he can do what he wants with the photos which he has taken. However, the young woman doesn’t think so. She doesn’t want to share everything with everyone. Nobody should have to do that. This is why her lawyer believes that she can win. But laws on posting photos of children online are different from country to country. In France, which has very strict rules, you must not post a photograph of anyone who doesn’t want it. If you do, you could have to pay about €45,000. This means that parents shouldn’t post personal photographs of their kids on Facebook. In the UK, most parents believe that other people cannot see pictures of their children which they have posted. However, that is not true. It is very important to check your privacy settings3 on Facebook. Furthermore, remember that when you share photos on social media, the platform could be allowed to use or even sell them. 1 picture-crazy – verrückt nach Bildern 2 court – Gericht 3 privacy settings – Privatsphäreeinstellungen T F 1. When she was 18, the young woman decided to ask her parents to take her pictures down. 2. The laws on sharing pictures of children on social media are the same in each European country. 3. Social media platforms could use photos somebody has posted for advertising things. 4. The young woman’s father a) believes he had the right to post the photos. b) has taken the photos down. c) has shown the photos to 700 people. 5. In France a) laws on posting photos are the strictest. b) parents must not post photos online. c) others can’t see photos of kids their parents have posted. b) Read the text again and highlight the linking words/phrases. c) Write five sentences about one of the following topics. Use linking words/phrases. • what parents should remember when posting photos of their kids • what your parents have done that you found unfair or stupid • what you think of young people who take their parents to court 1 5 10 15 (Adapted from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/14) 45 Unit forty-five 8 Picture-perfect Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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