Brazilian babysitter ordered to pay damages for posting child’s photos online

The 2ª Vara Cível of Ceilândia in Brazil’s Distrito Federal sentenced a babysitter to pay moral‑damage compensation after she posted photographs of a child and the child's mother on social media without permission. The judge ruled that the unauthorized publication violated the family's right to image, a personal right protected by the constitution, and cited Supreme Court precedent that such violations constitute moral damage regardless of actual harm. The court set the indemnity at R$ 5,000 and noted that the defendant could not be personally served, so the case proceeded by public notice. The ruling underscores the legal protection of image rights in Brazil.

Both articles report the same judgment, differing only in presentation; the event occurred in Brazil, with no indication of any separate case elsewhere.