Responsibility for violation of personal rights of minors in social networks Cover Image

Odpowiedzialność za naruszenie dóbr osobistych osób nieletnich z wykorzystaniem portali społecznościowych w ramach parental trollingu
Responsibility for violation of personal rights of minors in social networks

Author(s): Paweł Jędrysiak
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: parental trolling; personal rights; minors;social media;

Summary/Abstract: Parental trolling is a dangerous practice against children. It makes it possible to make ridiculous and derogatory pictures of children on social networks. Low legal awareness and social exhibitionism cause that legal guardians often do not realize that their actions may violate the personal rights of the child and, consequently, may result in legal consequences. The sense of parental authority sometimes goes so far that the child in the eyes of parents decreases to the rank of a thing over which one has complete power. Publishing nude photos of two or three-year-old children who play naked in the sandbox or run in the garden is becoming a more common practice. The most dangerous phenomenon accompanying parental trolling is social acceptance. Posting photos or entries that harm the good name of the person concerned may constitute a violation of personal rights. Personal rights are subject to civil law protection, regardless of other legal regulations. A child has not full legal capacity so can not dispose of his own rights. The child’s guardians have the responsibility to look after a good child’s image. Although in the light of law, parents or legal guardians consent to the dissemination of the image of a child, this does not mean that the child’s personal rights can not be violated.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 31-41
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish
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