One mother's attempt to teach her daughter the dangers of social media backfired when the Facebook picture she posted of her daughter was shared all over the Internet.
The picture made its way to 4chan, an image-based bulletin board, where users found out where the mother lived and began harassing her, The Daily Dot reported.
Kira Hudson posted a picture of her 12-year-old daughter on Facebook last Tuesday to show her how fast information can spread on the Internet. The picture showed Hudson's daughter holding a handwritten sign that read:
"Mom is trying to show me how many people can see a picture once it's on the Internet," The Daily Dot reported.
Hudson wrote a caption next to the photo explaining her actions and asked her friends to share the post.
"My 12-year-old daughter doesn't understand why she can't have an Instagram or Facebook account... Please 'like and share'...She just doesn't get it!"
By Wednesday Hudson wrote in a Facebook post that her efforts were working.
"She is pretty miserable!" Hudson wrote, according to The Daily Dot. "And angry!...468 [shares]. The photo has now moved beyond Facebook."
But things got out of hand once the photo made its way to 4chan. Users on the random imageboard /b/ hunted down Hudson's Facebook page, home address and phone number, The Daily Dot reported. Pranksters called her house and delivered pizzas. Others even edited the picture of Hudson's daughter to make it look like she was holding an inappropriate message.
"Instead of exposing your daughter to the Internet's ridicule, communicate your concerns to your daughter privately," 4chan wrote in a message to Hudson, according to The Daily Dot.
Hudson removed the photo of her daughter as of Wednesday night.
In a statement to The Huffington Post, Hudson said the address that was used was her old residence and that she is sorry for causing trouble for the family that now lives there.
"This was one lesson that both my daughter and I learned very quickly! I had not anticipated it gaining momentum as fast as it did. It certainly opened my eyes to the fact that I thought my own private Facebook was secure. It was not as secure as I thought."
