The content creator often shares videos of her children online, but was stopped in her tracks by something that came up underneath the video - it made her feel uncomfortable10:01, 10 Sep 2026A mum who posted an innocent video of her child on Facebook had a chill rush down her spine after hitting publish.Kalie Roberts, a travel content creator, often shares moments with her children on Instagram and Facebook. But after posting an innocent video of her daughter singing in the car, she noticed something under the post which caught her attention.The Meta AI function shared the recommended questions people may ask when watching the video – including "Who's the child passenger?" – which made her feel uncomfortable.She said: "First of all, why in the hell is that even a suggested question about a minor? I clicked it. And this is where I started getting really uncomfortable."It starts pulling completely separate information for each of my kids: their names, birth information, pictures and videos of them. It pulled a newborn picture from my mum's page from years ago."Content cannot be displayed without consentMeta AI was first founded in 2013, but didn't become consumer-facing until 2023. Now, Meta AI is a digital assistant and artificial intelligence platform that answers questions, generates images, and helps with everyday tasks based on publicly available information.While it can be a handy tool, questions have been raised about privacy and safety. Kalie said shivers went down her spine when she realised one of the pictures brought up by the AI was a photograph she claims to have deleted from the app.Another question the AI suggested was "Where does Kalie Robins live", which also left a sour taste in the mum's mouth.She said: "Are you kidding me? So I clicked that too. It starts digging through completely unrelated s*** from years of my life."Old posts connecting me to where I used to live, newer posts connecting me to where I live now. And then it says, "Pinpointing Kalie Robins' location."It pieced together my information to show people where I live. There was no location on that Reel. I didn't ask Facebook to build a profile of my family. I posted a video of me singing in the car with my kid."A spokesperson from Meta confirmed that they "missed the mark" and the AI should never have prompted individual questions as it did.The spokesperson said: "We created this feature to help people get more information about topics or posts that interest them. When someone clicks on a prompt and uses this feature, the response it generates is based on information the user already has access to."But we missed the mark because the feature never should have prompted the individual with questions like that and we’ve fixed that issue."This is unlikely to quell some parents' fears – and Kalie said she'll be completely changing how she posts on Facebook going forward.In her video, the mum added: "I did not understand posting separate, innocent pieces of our lives over years could mean an AI could sit there and assemble all those breadcrumbs into information about my minor children in seconds. I understand it now, and I'm not okay with it, so I'm done.Article continues below"I'm removing any identifiable pictures and videos of our kids. I'm going to ask friends and any family I haven't spoken to to please save those precious memories and then remove my kids from your page."If I take everything off my page, but you still have my kids on yours, it will go to your page. I've seen it. It already did it. And I'm not telling you what to do with your kids."
Mum posts sweet video of child on Facebook but chill goes down spine at response
The content creator often shares videos of her children online, but was stopped in her tracks by something that came up underneath the video - it made her feel uncomfortable







