A Father Warns About An App After Discovering That His Daughter Is Asked For Shirtless Photos

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

A new case involving minors has raised an alert about the dangers of social media.

Through Facebook, Brad Summer, a father concerned about his daughter, Madison, a 7-year-old girl, who was contacted by a friend on a social platform to send nude photos of her, issued an alert message to other parents..

"I never thought of anyone pretending to be 9 years old to have access to my daughter," Summer, from Illinois, wrote in a Facebook post showing her daughter's exchange with the individual. "We live and learn, and I continue to do so every day as a parent." kÇuë½ Ù ÷ uÓ † ½ë§ôó 8Õ¿ïÇù {Çýí · ÷

The exchange happened in an application called Musical.ly, a popular music video service that allows its 215 million users to make lip sync videos and post them to their profiles. According to Summer, Madison uses the app on her phone to do "silly duets" to send to her cousins and close friends, and he reviewed who has her on his profile.

But a stranger posing as a 9-year-old boy named Jessy, who Summer thought was his daughter's friend, texted Madison through the app. Shortly after contacting her, the stranger asked for a photo. Madison sent a selfie to the person posing as "Jessy", who then asked her to send another photo, but this time, without a shirt.

Madison innocently sent in another photo with a close-up of her face, which cut the sight off her shirt. But the person replied, "I like to see your body without a shirt."

Then the person suggested going to the bathroom to take a photo even after Madison made it clear that she would not. Madison stopped responding, but even in silence, the person kept asking for photos and saying it would be a "secret." During that time, Summer was alerted to the situation and contacted authorities.

"I know many will blame us parents for this happening," Summer wrote in the post. "But we never thought like predators, and I think we were naive to think that our daughter was safe in what we thought was a kid-friendly app. We've learned the hard way. I ask you not to judge us (many still do. they will) but let our experience teach us all."

In the post, many parents approached him to express their support, and since then he has been shared more than 81,000 times.