SOCIAL MEDIA; THREAT TO PRIVACY OF CHILDREN

Abstract

Children are perpetually creating digital footprints on social networking sites as they learn their ABC’s – apple Bluetooth and chat. Widespread technology and access to internet has brought its own evil along with it. Unlike adults children are not mature enough to understand the consequences of sharing of information thus it becomes important to educate them as to what must be disseminated on internet. The larger problem at hand is that age group which even though does not have access to social media yet are showcased by their parents for attention and acknowledgment among their peers. Parents are violating the right of their children and also putting them under threat and abuse due to constant sharing of information online. The aim of this paper is to analyze that there is an urgent need to understand the pro’s and con’s of the this era of technology, so that when the child enters adulthood he is not pushed into a pit of depression, anxiety, or bullying. The paper focuses on certain case laws and studies which support the claim that children must be protected from excessive sharenting by parents.