A baby tattooed all over his body.
These shots from Belle Glade in Florida are spreading rapidly on social media in June 2021.
Numerous users express criticism in the comment columns, calling the behavior of parents irresponsible, illegal and reckless.
But what is it really about the recordings?
The baby’s tattoos are not real tattoos.
According to mother Shemeka Morris, the body jewelry of little Treylin is a collection of temporary sticker tattoos.
For a creative photo shoot on the occasion of the six-month anniversary of her son, the little boy is pasted all over his body with the fake tattoos.
His mother then posts the photos and videos on her son’s Instagram channel.
She explains to Reuters that the reactions to the unconventional shots are very different.
In addition to enthusiastic users who would recognize the tattoos as fake, there would also be people who would threaten to inform the police about child abuse.
According to her own statement, Morris wanted to convey to her son with the pictures that he was not afraid to be different.
How do we in the editorial office examine videos for manipulation? A look at the details is important. The individual images of a video often reveal whether a video has been edited. We look closely at each picture and enlarge individual sections. Indications for a fake are, for example: lack of motion blur, unnatural shadow cast or editing errors. In the case of the star, the following generally applies: seriousness before speed. We always check facts and material thoroughly before publishing them. For this we work with the cross-editorial “Team Verification” together with RTL, NTV, RTL2, Radio NRW.
