Japanese app bans ultrasound sales during pregnancy

Do you think it’s weird to buy photos of someone else’s unborn baby?

That’s because it’s – but it’s possible recently on the Marketplace app of Japanese e-commerce company Mercari.

Now, Mercari is selling plugins for ultrasound shooting (used for around $14) to bow to those who are worried about how strangers take prenatal photos.

The ban was hit after a list of Mercari exposed to the virus X-column Hawking ultrasound images and photos of positive pregnancy tests.

User @awakend_citizen exploded with a strange trend, writing: “Why are there anything like pregnancy ultrasound photos or positive pregnancy tests listed on Mercari?”

Researchers of relevant X users imposed trade-offs, and some speculated that the photos would be for sinister and manipulative reasons.

One theory adds: “It seems they will use it as something dark.

Someone answered: “Is this to threaten my boyfriend?”

Another shocking person pointed out: “That’s creepy. Use it for a scam or a divorce, fg one idea of ​​the rock bottom is that.”

Another asked, before the ban on the sale of these images, “this thing should be regulated, right?”

According to R/Another Reddit post, one user explained that the idea of ​​a woman who committed a “pregnancy fraud” in Japan is called “Ninshin Sagi”.

In a recent post, they further clarified: “A woman who pretends to be pregnant is to blackmail the money of a man who has sex with him.”

The massive bets on X and Reddit, these ultrasound shots and frontal test photos sold just to snap up cash – many moms who have been there can’t imagine any other reason to put them on the market.

Mercari did not explain further, but as of September 1, ultrasound photos were officially banned on the market according to Soranews24.

As the Post reported, innocent behavior of posting pregnancy pictures and ultrasounds online can put babies at risk of ID theft, digital abduction and other dangerous risks.

Uploading bumpy pictures and ultrasound unveilings seem to look adorable and healthy – but experts stress that “stale” can make babies the main target of digital thieves, even before bread leaves the oven.

“Even if they publish pregnancy or expecting the birth of a child, they give up identifying data,” explained researcher Valeska Berg, who leads the researcher. “This establishes a digital identity even before the child is born.”

Data experts from Edith Cowan University in Australia added that “creating a child’s digital identity can share information from parents about their upcoming or newborn children on social networking sites.”

Clinicians noted that “digital kidnappers” are defined as “a person who steals the identity and photos of a child on social media and transfers the child as his own.”

“[It’s] One of the risks of creating digital identities by sharing images, especially those that include personal information about children and reveal their faces. ”

Ultimately, from the uterus to the network, sharing ultrasounds seemed to look cute – until the liar saw the baby’s bumpy dollar sign.