An exploratory study on the privacy of children's images in Spain's most widely used social network sites (Tuenti and Facebook)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse regulation and self-regulation of the images used by children on the most widely used social network sites in Spain. To reach our goal we have studied the related literature, especially ‘The Safer Social Networking Principles for the European Union’ voluntarily adopted by the industry in 2009, and have made an exploratory analysis to compare the social network sites (SNS) Tuenti and Facebook. We conclude that, in the case of child images, it is difficult for SNS to control all the content and this means that self-regulation is more focused on children as actors.

Keywords:

• social network sites
• child privacy
• image regulation and self-regulation

Notes

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