The story on Facebook was very touching. A father published a photo of his missing children and asked for help finding them. And thousands helped sharing the post and finally one person recognized the children and let him know where to find them.
The missing information was that the woman was living under protection and with a new identity after leaving the man. Now he found out where she was. She was forced to move again – to a women’s shelter.
Die Frau hatte wohl ein legitimes Interesse, ihre Kinder zu schützen. Andererseits aber wäre es wohl für viele Eltern, deren Kinder entführt worden sind, ein sinnvolles Instrument, wenn die Gesichtserkennung auf Facebook helfen könnte, verschwundene Personen zu finden. Wie soll sich die Gesellschaft in solchen Dilemmata verhalten?