Children in South Africa are at the risk of legal action from the age of seven if they post defamatory remarks or inappropriate content online.
South African children over the age of seven who have access to a smartphone and social media are at risk of being sued if they post defamatory remarks online and, if they’re over the age of 12, arrested.and unpacked the legal dangers of letting children use smartphones from a young age.parents to sign the South African Digital Parent Pact, which aims to delay children’s smartphone use.“The brain development is just not there yet for these kids to be making good decisions.
“Everybody’s got this idea that everything happens at 18. That’s not the case. In South Africa, from seven years old, children have civil capacity, which means that they can sue and be sued. Obviously, with the assistance of an adult,” she said. “We’re experiencing a massive global shift in the thinking around the kind of people our children are engaging with online,” said Farina.
“What we’ve seen is a short circuit happening, where it’s far easier to reach into your pocket and grab your device to get that hit.”
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