National Council insists on better child protection on the internet
Published: Wednesday, Sep 25th 2024, 12:20
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The National Council is insisting on the protection of children from commercial exploitation on the internet. It wants to start with employment law and children's right to their own image. According to the Federal Council, however, labor law is not the right way to achieve this.
On Wednesday, the National Council approved the motion from the Green parliamentary group by a narrow majority of 98 votes to 92. On the one hand, it wants to set limits on sharenting, i.e. the sharing of children's photos and videos by their own parents on social media.
On the other hand, the motion targets influencer marketing when children are at the center of the films, but it is about advertising for products. The motion was justified on the grounds that photos of children online pose a risk to the protection of privacy and also to exploitation. Neither Switzerland's digital strategy nor the Data Protection Act contained any provisions on the subject.
Elisabeth Baume-Schneider argued that employment law is not the right way to protect children when it comes to a parent-child relationship. If the best interests of the child are safeguarded, parents can decide how their children's data is handled. However, minors capable of judgment must give their consent.
If the parents exceed the limits of their legal right of representation, the Federal Council states that the child protection authority (Kesb) can be called in. The motion now goes to the Council of States.
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