THE RIGHT TO ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AS A COMPONENT OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

Abstract

Problem setting. In the context of information technology development more and more children use the Internet and the opportunities available in the course of network using. In this regard the question of children’s and youth’s protection from the negative information that poses a threat to their physical and intellectual development, moral and psychological condition has been arised. Free access to virtual network (except the endless possibilities for child) can create a truly alarming problems associated with non-compliance with child’s rights in the information environment. So the main interest in this subject connected with the issue of children’s protection in the virtual network, inasmuch as a child, because of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection. Analysis of recent research and publications. The issue of children’s rights protection in the Internet environment recently became the subject of foreign and ukrainian scientists studying among them: A. van den Born, V. O. Markov, K. B. Levchenko, I. M. Ruschenko and others.
Target of research. The aim of the study is to analyze the right on access to the Internet as part of other children’s rights and to analyze positions of the European Court of Human Rights on this issue for the formation of the national legal position on the enforcement of children’s right on access to the Internet and protect their rights in the network. Article’s main body. The article deals with the children’s right to access to the Internet as part of children’s rights, as the right to freedom of expression and the right to information, as freedom of thought, the right to education, the right to privacy and protection of personal data, the right to safe Internet use, the right to respect for the dignity of the child. It’s emphasized the benefits and risks that may undergo the child during the implementation of these rights. The information position of the European Court of Human Rights on the protection of children on the Internet has been outlined in this article.
Conclusions and prospects for the development. The interactive nature of the Internet provides many opportunities for the development of media literacy that forms the analytical skills and thinking of the child and gives rise to innovation and creativity. The right of access to the Internet and, consequently, the development of information literacy are important for the child to give him the opportunity to adapt to new constantly evolving technologies, and to form their own broadly worldview. However, all of the above mentioned are not possible without the state protection of children’s rights in the Internet and without the providing adequate information security that is an indicator of the quality of children’s life.