Prethodno priopćenje
https://doi.org/10.25234/dosd/41302
RISKS OF “DIGITAL” CHILDHOOD: SHARENTING IN THE PRACTICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
Anđelija Tasić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9146-2088
; Pravni fakultet, Sveučilište u Nišu, Trg kralja Aleksandra 11, 18 105 Niš, Srbija
Sažetak
The growing digital presence of children poses significant risks to their privacy, identity, and long-term well-being. The threats children face online are numerous and include facial recognition technologies, deepfake content, and the unauthorised sharing of personal material. However, beyond these risks—primarily originating from third parties—another danger also emerges from within the child’s immediate environment. Accordingly, this paper focuses on the practice of “sharenting,” whereby parents share photographs and information about their children on social media platforms. As a result of such practices, children themselves may also share sensitive material entrusted to them, often without the consent or awareness of the potential consequences. The misuse of images—whether shared by parents, by children themselves, or leaked through peer interactions—may result in lasting psychological harm, exploitation, and blackmail. As particularly vulnerable digital citizens, children therefore require a heightened standard of protection under international law. This paper examines key legal instruments, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which emphasises the child’s right to privacy; the General Data Protection Regulation, which introduces specific safeguards for the processing of children’s data within the European Union; as well as relevant legislation in the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Croatia. Equally important, the paper analyses the limited judicial and institutional practice concerning violations of children’s privacy committed through electronic means in these jurisdictions. Through this analysis, the paper seeks to determine the extent of responsibility borne by the state, parents, and other actors in protecting children in the digital environment. The paper is based on the hypothesis that the legal systems of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Croatia do not yet recognise sharenting as an autonomous form of violation of a child’s right to privacy, which is why judicial and institutional protection remains fragmented and insufficiently developed. The paper applies normative and comparative methods, supplemented by an empirical analysis of available judicial and institutional practice. The research results show that the protection of children in sharenting cases is achieved indirectly through existing institutions of family, misdemeanour, and media law, without a unified legal approach to this phenomenon.
Ključne riječi
right to privacy; sharenting; artificial intelligence; Convention on the Rights of the Child
Hrčak ID:
348163
URI
Datum izdavanja:
23.6.2026.
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