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by eloisant 1192 days ago
Going to the pool and posting online are 2 different things.

I would be happy with a law forbidding to post public pictures of your underage kids, regardless of skin exposure.

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Personally, I agree with your view-point.

However, the law you are proposing would prohibit a parent from posting an image of their child winning the spelling bee, in a full suit.

I have no idea how to thread this needle, outside making my personal choices.

I'm not sure where to draw the line in order to protect children, but a blanket ban on posting pictures of them would never survive a First Amendment challenge. US Supreme Court precedents have made it clear that any restrictions must be more narrowly targeted.
This reminds me of

https://arresteddevelopment.fandom.com/wiki/Milford_School

> Children should be neither seen nor heard.

Surely, kids can be seen in movies, tv shows, news articles about kids competitions or events, etc?