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The law, children and content creation
Mini Dissertation (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/107000 The law, children and content creation Fokala, Elvis abena.asare12@gmail.com Asare, Abena Asare UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Human Rights Children Content Creation Data Privacy Social Media Mini Dissertation (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2025. This mini-dissertation assesses the inadequacies of existing legal and policy structures in Ghana and South Africa concerning child content creator's rights. The research highlights that the rapid increase in digital content creation and related commercialisation, including the practice of "sharenting," which exposes children to risks like economic exploitation and severe privacy violations because current laws were designed for traditional physical labour. Case studies of some Ghanaian and South African child influencers are presented to demonstrate how current laws fail to mitigate issues such as trolling, data misuse by third parties, and the lack of protection for content-generated income. Because national legislation often defaults to protections for traditional labour, the study examines modern legislative frameworks from Kenya, France, and the USA to identify effective regulatory solutions. Ultimately, the dissertation recommends that Ghana and South Africa must update their statutes, policies and laws to better protect child content creators' rights. Centre For Human Rights University of Pretoria Centre for Human Rights LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) Unrestricted Faculty of Laws SDG-03: Good health and well-being 2025-11-28T12:21:27Z 2025-11-28T12:21:27Z 2025-12-10 2025-09-29 Mini Dissertation * D2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/107000 Disclaimer Letter en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Human Rights Children Content Creation Data Privacy Social Media The law, children and content creation |
| title | The law, children and content creation |
| title_full | The law, children and content creation |
| title_fullStr | The law, children and content creation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The law, children and content creation |
| title_short | The law, children and content creation |
| title_sort | law children and content creation |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Human Rights Children Content Creation Data Privacy Social Media |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/107000 |