Parents’ sharenting and the value of child privacy in social media

Abstract

The application of social media among modern parents for surveilling their children’s activities have rapidly increased in recent Thai society which, in turn, affect child information privacy. Children are the vulnerable group which their privacy can be violated by their parents’ sharenting some of their pictures or video-clips on social media. This article aims to present the problem of parents’ sharenting and the value of child privacy in the context of social media. The study was a documentary research conducted by literature review and content analysis of the problem of parents’ sharenting and the value of child privacy in social media. The results found that child privacy is the personal rights as well as valuable for itself. Child privacy protection affects personal data disclosure which build both child’s physical and mental stabilities. In addition, Child privacy protection is a crucial key for identity development and strengthen social relationship. To sum up, child privacy in social media is an essentiality and valuable to be protected for all children.