Os limites do sharenting e o over-sharenting: a proteção das crianças à luz do ordenamento jurídico brasileiro

Abstract

In a world strongly influenced by technological expansion, parents have started to share their daily experiences and to share their stories on the world wide web. In this new dynamic, children often present themselves as important characters, which has been called sharenting, a union of the words "share" and "parenting" to express when parents share information not only about themselves, but also about their children in the digital environment. Through their posts, however, parents can put their children in danger, for example by making them more susceptible to bullying or cyberbullying situations, or to the actions of aggressors and pedophiles. Moreover, children will grow up and may simply disapprove of their past exposure, as they are faced with a digital footprint created from these publications. The practice, however, can bring benefits, allowing parents to connect virtually with relatives and friends. For this reason, part of the doctrine seeks to combat not sharenting, only, but over-sharenting, that is, when the practice becomes excessive. Given this context, focusing on early childhood, this master's dissertation sought to examine the limits of sharenting; propose a legal and precise concept of over-sharenting, as well as determine effective mechanisms for the protection of children in this new dynamic, in light of the Brazilian legal system.