This is the post from a German police force which has gone viral. It calls on parents to stop posting pictures of their children on social media.

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If your German language skills are not all that gut then surely the picture helps you work out what’s at the heart of the message from Nordrhein-Westfalen Hagen Police.

It reads: “Please stop posting pictures of your children on Facebook and other social media where everyone can see them. Thanks!”

While the message over the little girl tells parents “your children have a right to privacy too”.

The message from a force in Germany has gone viral (Markus Schreiber/AP/PA)

The message has been shared more than 200,000 times and the force says it has reached more than 11 million people with its privacy/safety/security message.

The force added a message on Facebook explaining that while you might find these pictures cute today, your child will find them “endlessly embarrassing” in a few years’ time.

Maybe think before posting the resulting pic on social? (Rohappy/Thinkstock)

“Your child may even be bullied with the pictures. Or, worse: Paedophiles may use the pictures for their own purposes or publish them on other sites.

“Pictures of children should never be posted on social media, because the internet never forgets.

“Show the pictures to grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends in person. It’s much nicer anyway to talk and smile about them together.”