Children in Social Media: A Legal Perspective

Abstract

This article explores the legal aspects of children's personal information oversharing by the parents based on the international, EU and national law, court cases, scientific literature and practice. The article analyses whether the existing legal framework in all aforementioned levels of law is enough to protect the privacy of children in the realm of social media in all of these levels dealing with privacy, consent of the child and the right to be forgotten. The main results are given with suggestions for what should be considered when developing the policies, drafting the law and interpreting the current law to give a child better protection in social media.