Selma Kolltveit is in a hospital bed at Rikshospitalet. She has just come out of the operating theater after a heart operation that went well. Dad Olav Kolltveit is so happy and so relieved that he wants to share the news with all friends and acquaintances who have sent messages. He posts a picture of her from the hospital bed on Facebook. “Our girl,” he writes. Then there is a bang from 14-year-old Selma Kolltveit. – Now it will do, dad. She elaborates. Exhausted and unattractive – I felt very vulnerable. I was exhausted and didn’t feel good at all. And then he would share it on Facebook. A picture where I had just had surgery. Of course, he did it in the best sense. But I was very provoked, she says. Father OIav Kolltveit understands her well. He has now deleted all the pictures of her that she does not want there. – I listen to my daughter and, in principle, I am concerned that children should be allowed to decide for themselves whether pictures of them should be shared or not. We don’t know enough about the consequences, he says. FATHER AND DAUGHTER: In the corridors of news at Marienlyst, Selma Kolltveit and Olav Kolltveit deal with shared images of children on social media. Photo: Ismail Burak Akkan / news It has been two years since the episode at Rikshospitalet. Tonight, father and daughter hosted the Debate together. Selma has turned 16. She wants to share her story in the hope that it might make other parents think twice before sharing photos. Generation published Selma was four years old when Facebook was launched. The photos that were taken of her when she was a child are still out there on social media. KARATEKID: This is one of the pictures Selma’s father has shared that has been spread around the group of friends. Photo: Privat Her generation is now growing up with children’s photos parents have shared. – It is a bit difficult to quantify. But we must have shared over 100 photos of her. We posted quite a lot of her when she was little, says dad Kolltveit. He is not alone. Many parents share photos of their children. Images that are available to everyone. Selma wants to put an end to that. Now she is calling for a law to protect children from exposure. – Most people do not know the consequences of what these images do to us. An age limit should be considered for when one can post or be posted on social media. Shared in private chats In the group of friends, the pictures of her as a child have already started to go viral. According to her, it is now a sport to find the tiniest child pictures that the parents have shared on social media. The pictures are shared in private chats. – We talk a lot about how little pictures our parents have shared of us. It is used as a kind of joke between us. If my friend has found an ugly picture of me that my parents have posted, he shares it with me – the smaller the better. Embarrassed Selma thinks it’s embarrassing and doesn’t like it. In an article on Aftenposten siD, she has written several comments where she criticizes the use of images of children in social media. LEI: Selma Kolltveit is calling for a law to protect children from exposure. She considers it very unfortunate that influencers have now started making money from their children. She is not the only one who reacts to this. Recently, Venstre came up with a proposal for a legal ban on influencers making money from their children. They will point a stern finger at those who do not gossip about their own children and grandchildren online. Hope the government listens Selma hopes the government listens. She herself is active in the youth party Socialist Youth. – Even if most people in traffic drive well and are considerate, you still need traffic rules for those who don’t drive so well. But then one must not forget the Convention on the Rights of the Child, because it says in section 16 that children have the right to privacy so they must be protected from honor and reputation, says Selma Kolltveit.
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Selma asked her parents to stop sharing pictures of her on social media – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country
