“Babyveillance” and “oversharenting” in light of the protection of fundamental rights of children and adolescents

Abstract

This article aims to expose some complexities of contemporary society, especially with regard to the overexposure of children and adolescents and, based on empirical research carried out by researchers, intends to reflect on the view of parents regarding the exposure of their children in an online world and the importance of protecting children's privacy. In order to promote the work, the deductive method was adopted with the use of quali-quantitative methodology. It was concluded that children and adolescents are not immune to exposure inherent to the spectacle and information society, often being exposed by their parents; that the phenomena of oversharenting and babyveillance pose risks to the personality rights of children, in particular image, intimacy, privacy and respect; that most of the parents interviewed in the authorial survey have already published photos of their children on social networks without asking for their authorization and that more than half have already reflected that these publications may have negative future impacts, depending on the content posted; that the protection of children's privacy is a measure that is imposed in contemporary society as a way of respecting the integral protection doctrine, adopted by the Brazilian legal system.