Children's online privacy and freedom of expression
More children around the world are spending more time, in more ways, online.
Highlights
More children around the world are spending more time, in more ways, online. While technology and digital media affect all aspects of children’s lives, the policy debate to date has been largely shaped by the imperative to protect children from violence, exploitation and harmful content. This focus remains essential, yet may also risk overlooking how children exercise their full range of rights online, including their rights to privacy and freedom of expression. Against this backdrop, it is important to consider how children’s rights to privacy and freedom of expression – as recognized in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – are realized in a digital world.
