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LEARNING INTENTION Define and explain the rights that young people have
LEARNING OUTCOME 4.2 Document young people’s online rights – the right to information, free expression, protection of minors, and the role of parents, governments and civil society in enforcing their rights.
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CHAPTER OVERVIEW Every person who uses the internet has digital rights. Young people (under the age of 18) have more rights than adults. The United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child applies to the internet as it would offline. The rights that are outlined in the document that can be applied to the protection of minors online are: 1. Children’s right to share information and ideas unless they are harmful or offensive. (Article 13) 2. Children’s right to privacy and protection from attacks against their reputation. (Article 16) 3. Children’s right to access information, but also to be protected from harmful information (Article 17) 4. Children’s right to feel safe and to be protected from all forms of violence (Articles 19, 34 and 36)
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