A Child's Right In The Digital Environment: Legal Considerations

We now live in a digitalized world as the impact of technology can be felt across all sectors with the attendant increase and paradigm shift from the traditional means of doing things to a more advanced and digitalized form. The increase in the adoption of digitalization was further aggravated by the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, which compelled most people or organizations to adopt and explore digital means of doing things.

Although the positive impacts of digitalization can be felt across all sectors, it nevertheless reeks of certain frailties, one of which impacts on the potential of privacy rights abuses and implications. While that is not the subject of this piece, it is imperative to point out that the impacts of digitalization also extend to children who also explore the digital space for their class activities, games, assignments, social media, etc., using invasive toys, video games, mobile devices, and personal assistant gadgets.