Teacher and TikTok creator Miss Lomo is raising concern over a growing social media trend where some educators film and post classroom moments featuring their students, saying the practice is putting children at risk of online bullying and long-term digital exposure.
In a widely circulated TikTok message, she criticised what she describes as a new culture of teachers creating viral content out of everyday classroom situations.
According to her, many of these videos clearly show children’s faces, school uniforms, badges and sometimes even mention their names and schools, making the learners easily identifiable to anyone on the internet.
Miss Lomo warned that once such footage is posted, control is lost over who watches, downloads or reshapes the content.
She said she has seen comment sections where children captured in vulnerable moments were mocked and insulted by strangers, including a case of a struggling learner being ridiculed online after a teacher shared a video of the child trying to write.
She argued that in the pursuit of likes, shares and online attention, some teachers forget that they are dealing with minors who cannot defend themselves on digital platforms or respond to negative narratives about them.
The educator questioned whether proper parental consent and school approval are being sought before these videos are uploaded, stressing that most learners do not even use social media and therefore have no way to protect their own image or reputation online.
Although she understands that students can be excited to appear in videos, Miss Lomo said she chooses to say no without clear permission, and when she does record classroom content, she avoids showing identifiable faces, sometimes capturing only hands or backs.
She is calling for clearer, widely communicated school policies on filming and posting learners, and is urging teachers to think about how online content could follow children into their future lives.
Her message to fellow educators is to prioritise children’s safety, dignity and privacy over social media popularity, and to start conversations in schools about responsible digital conduct involving minors.