Photos of children on social media: the Assembly adopts the revocation of “digital parental rights”

Children have the right too ” private life “ on social networks. This is what the deputies did on Tuesday evening, October 10, by voting on a new bill “making parents responsible” who post photos of their children online.

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Loss of digital parental rights in case of abuse

While until now the Assembly and Senate had not been able to agree on a law regulating children’s publications on the Internet, this new version of the text brought by deputy Bruno Studer (Renaissance) therefore introduces the notion of ” private life “ of the child and specifies that the right to the image of the latter is “carried out jointly by both parents taking into account the opinion of the minor”.

In case of disagreement, the bill provides that the courts can ban entry to either parent “publish or distribute any content without the permission of the other”. In the most serious cases, which involve an injury to the child’s dignity, it is also envisaged that the person, institution or departmental child protection service that welcomed the child or a family member may ask the judge to exercise image rights of the child their delegates. Which is equivalent to a decadence “digital parental responsibility”supported by Secretary of State for Children Charlotte Caubel.

For MP Bruno Studer, quoted by BFMTVthis new law aims to “making parents responsible” and show it to the children “Parents do not have an absolute right to their own image”.

As reported The Parisian last July, 50% photos posted on child pornography sites are photos taken by parents and shared publicly on their social networks.

The bill will now have to be considered by the Senate, on a date that has not yet been announced.

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