Transparent Kids: How Algorithmic Surveillance Challenges the Protection of Children's Rights Online

Stepanović, Ivana and Pavićević, Olivera and Ilijić, Ljeposava (2022) Transparent Kids: How Algorithmic Surveillance Challenges the Protection of Children's Rights Online. In: International Scientific Thematic Conference Children and the Challenges of the Digital Environment, Palić, 16-17 June 2022. Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Belgrade, pp. 39-49. ISBN 978-86-80756-48-6

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Abstract

Algorithmic surveillance embedded in social media is not simply an organising principle that regulates visibility, sorts the content, and polices the online spaces. It is a business method of commodifying personal data that stimulates the production of various forms of digital violence due to its virality potential. Ethical guidelines that are set to prevent or penalise cybercrimes are always external to the logic of the market and the algorithms themselves because they prioritise engagement and reproduction of data at any cost. Children are especially vulnerable because they are under constant surveillance while the price of opting out is too high. This paper analyses the processes of data commodication and stresses the importance of developing the legal framework for the protection of the digital rights of children while emphasising the need to reassess the impacts of surveillance practices and find comprehensive solutions against the systemic abuse of children’s data online.

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