Dr. Phil McGraw categorizes the unauthorized taking and posing of children's photos online as digital kidnapping.

“Husband and wife Nathan and April claimed a woman named Ashley was fixated on their beautiful twin daughters and digitally kidnapped them, continuously posting pictures of them online as their mother.”

April Ryan identifies that the unauthorized posting of her children's photos on social media by a stranger is a form of digital kidnapping.

“There is actually a term for this. It's digital kidnapping.”

Ashley K admits to having hijacked photos of April and Nathan's children and posting them on her own Facebook as her own.

“I'm really trying to bring some peace to this very nice couple here that has been literally terrorized in this situation concerning the safety and well-being of their precious children. And um you know, we're we're talking here with Ashley and to her credit, she has admitted that yes, she has hijack”