Parents on social media have begun deleting photos of their kids after TikTok sleuths noticed a disturbing trend on an account belonging to 3-year-old Wren Eleanor.
"Wren's story brought a lot of light to all the sick people in the world," the mother explained in an interview with Fox News Digital. "So, I decided to remove my own daughter's photos from anyone who is not close family/close friends. My duty as her mother is to protect her from things like this. I took the initiative to remove her photos before anything like Wren's situation could happen to my own daughter.
Calahan Walsh, executive director of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and son of "America’s Most Wanted" host John Walsh, told Fox News Digital that while social media has become "such a pervasive part of our lives," people who use social platforms like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and others "are drawn into this false sense of security" due to the positive interactions they have with friends, family and strangers who follow their accounts...
"That's what these predators are searching for," he said. "And because you're putting that content up on social media, and you're the ones sharing it, it's not like they're the ones creating… that type of content. They're just consuming it."Once predators get away with consuming material online, it is not out of the question for them to begin targeting children directly online or in person, according to the NCMEC executive director.
"It's all done on the phone. And those phones go with our children in the bedroom at night and the bathroom," Walsh explained. "It's not the family computer out in the living room.
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