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Children's Rights and the Internet

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  • Steven Hick

    (Carleton University)

  • Edward Halpin

    (School of Information Management at Leeds Metropolitan University)

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The Internet is having a profound impact on children's rights around the world. Its impact is both negative, such as with the proliferation of child pornography, and positive, in providing child advocates with new tools to promote and protect the rights of children. This article examines how international collaboration and the linking of legal systems are required to combat abuses of children's rights on the Internet. It also explores how children's rights organizations use the Internet to combat abuses of children on the Internet and to provide information on all children's rights issues, respond quickly to the abuse of children's rights, and connect children and youths in different countries to empower them to advocate for their own rights. The Internet is no substitute for strong and vibrant communities and societies, but it does provide a new and effective means for different peoples of the world to connect with one another.

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  • Steven Hick & Edward Halpin, 2001. "Children's Rights and the Internet," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 575(1), pages 56-70, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:575:y:2001:i:1:p:56-70
    DOI: 10.1177/000271620157500104
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