Why Parents Should Be Smart When Using Social Media | Massachusetts DCF Defense Lawyer

Описание: In this video, Attorney Kevin Seaver shares a case involving a mother who faced DCF and FBI investigations after sending a private photo of her child to a friend overseas. While she had no intent to commit a crime, the situation highlights how quickly social media can lead to serious allegations of child pornography. Attorney Seaver explains the importance of protecting your children and yourself by never sharing images or content online that could be misconstrued. Understanding these risks can help families avoid legal trouble and navigate DCF investigations more safely.

You’ll also learn:
How DCF investigates allegations and checks social media
Why even unintentional sharing of private photos can trigger investigations
How cultural differences can lead to misunderstandings with U.S. law
The importance of protecting children and digital privacy
Practical tips for parents to avoid legal and DCF issues

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The Law Office of Kevin Patrick Seaver successfully represents anyone involved with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF).

We will represent you and your children anywhere in the state of Massachusetts in cases involving DCF. This includes both in court and out of court representation.

I will prepare you and your children before the DCF home visit. The DCF home visit may include an interview, investigation, or assessment of you and your children. I will be physically present during the DCF visit. I will also be physically present when DCF meets with both you and your children.

One of the biggest mistakes I have seen throughout the years are parents/caretakers trying to represent themselves in fighting DCF.

DO NOT DO IT ALONE.

You and your children should always be represented by a lawyer when speaking to DCF.
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This video is not intended as legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Please consult a lawyer regarding your legal issue.


Transcript:
Recent case I had involved a mother who was from another country. And she was talking to a friend in this other country. She's not from America. This young lady works as a teacher assistant. Her mother works at Dunkin' Donuts, gets up every day at 3.30 in the morning to make donuts. Of course, America runs on Dunkin' Donuts. And the father works like a dog. Typical immigrant family. Everybody's working, everybody's working really hard. She has a young child. And she took a picture of her child. and sent it on Instagram to a friend over in her native home. The child's genitals were in the picture. Next thing she knows, knocking at her door was the local state and the federal law enforcement, FBI, for child pornography. Now, this woman was no more intending to have child pornography than a man in a moon. However, however, the important thing Understanding of today's lesson is do not put anything up on social media anywhere that you wouldn't want to have on the front page of your newspaper. And that'll save you a lot of grief. When DCF gets the case, the first thing they do is they go check everything. Your DCF background, they do a Cori check. They call the pediatrician, the teacher, the school, everybody and anybody, the therapist, as well as they check social media. And well, they should. Protection of children is a very serious thing. Protect yourself, protect your children. Do not send any pictures showing genitals of children. That could be misconstrued, as it was in this case, as being child pornography. Now, after the local and state and the FBI came to her home, they ran all types of tests on her phone and this, that, and everything else, and her computers, and a big to-do about nothing, they found out there was one solo single picture was sent, and a person on the other end immediately deleted the picture.