Illegal to share: In Norway you cannot freely publish photos of others even if you are the photographer because personal photos are considered personal information. See the Personal Information Act here. It also applies in closed social groups. A group of members is enough that you cannot share photos freely.
In the case of nude photos, it can be punishable even to display those on your own screen. Secret address: Also remember that some adults and children may live at a secret address to avoid a violent person or a group.
Sharing photos without consent may lead them to relocate to a new secret address. Nude photos: Sharing nude photos without consent is punishable by up to a two-year prison sentence.
And children may have their phones confiscated by the police. Ask for permission: Before you share a photo or video on social media, you must have the consent of the persons being photographed. This also applies to live streaming. That means you have to ask them for permission, and that has to happen before the photo or video is published. Must be voluntary: When you ask for consent, it must not be perceived as peer pressure, rather in a way that must be easy to say no.
Must ask the parents: If it is a child, you must ask the parents for consent. Children also have an increasing right to have their own opinions. Say what the image will be used for : When you ask for consent, you must tell them what the image will be used for and where so that they know what they are giving consent to. Does not have to be in writing: Oral consent is all right.
