You can block your Facebook photos from being shared with anyone outside of your own network -- so if your MIL shares the picture, the only people that can see it are mutual friends. You cannot, however, stop her from doing a save as and then reposting to her Facebook page. Ask me how I know this…

You can also limit which of your friends sees what posts. You can create a group with just your ILs and other family members in it and make sure they are excluded from those posts.

Or you can just limit what you post - which is what we've started doing b/c m ILs are retired and respond to anything we post on FB within 60 seconds.

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Anonymous wrote:My family is on Facebook but they don't share and post to that extent. They weren't happy about me telling them we won't be posting pictures of our kids but ultimately respected it.

My ILs are not on Facebook or other social media accounts but are over sharers in their general life. And my MIL has a way of retelling things that make it not at all how it is. She is like her own game of telephone. In general, we just limit how much we share and tell them.

I think she would be really upset if she found out you were posting photos on Facebook but just blocked her from seeing them, as PP suggested. I would have an all or none approach.

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Anonymous wrote:OP I only skimmed your post and this thread but it sounds like teaming up with SIL could generate some solutions and ideas on how to talk to MIL about this.

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OP I only skimmed your post and this thread but it sounds like teaming up with SIL could generate some solutions and ideas on how to talk to MIL about this.

My MIL is harmless on FB but posts strange comments on everything and doesn't reply get how the internet works. I have her set as an acquaintance. I put some our our children's photos to acquaintances but most not. I text or email her ones that she can't see on FB but we still want to share with her. She doesn't know she's missing anything.

Honestly, according to something I read from an FBI interview nobody should be posting photos and other identifying info about their kids online. Countless regular photos (not even bath photos) have been downloaded to fetish collections and other crap that turns child predators on. It's not paranoia. It's reality.

Your kid, your rules. Your husband needs to get on board and understand and he should be the one to share and reinforce the rule. You want her to respect the privacy of your child. Period.

Your browser has an X button, so you know...

I understand your concern, OP. I like what PP stated as suggestions. It is amusing when people without boundaries try to act like it is you that is the problem - but stick to your guns. GL.