Challenges to Privacy Protection on Youtube

Stepanović, Ivana (2018) Challenges to Privacy Protection on Youtube. Zbornik Instituta za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, 37 (3). pp. 81-91. ISSN 0350-2694

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Abstract

Functioning as both a media platform, a social media platform and a new public space, YouTube allows instant sharing, but also multiplying and re-uploading the same content by different users which makes videos virtually indestructible. Children and minors are especially vulnerable, either because they are too young to be asked for a consent to appear in their parents’ videos or because they are not yet able to decide for themselves which private information can be made public. Laws in Serbia are failing to protect privacy on YouTube which leaves individuals to the mercy of YouTube’s own privacy policies. The aim of this paper is to investigate new challenges to privacy protection by analysing its own policies, Serbian law and content uploaded by users. The goal is also to help in raising awareness of this problem and stress out the importance of educating children on digital privacy.

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