Son charge his mother to court for posting his pictures on Facebook
A mother will have to pay a 10,000 euro ($12,140) fine if she posts
pictures of her son on Facebook without his consent, after a court in
Rome ruled in his favor.
The 16-year-old, whose parents were getting a divorce, raised the issue during divorce proceedings involving his parents.
The teenager was featured by his mother in some photos on social
media and judges ruled that the boy could lawfully request the removal
of all his photos posted by his mother from the social media site.
Under Italian law, the subject of the photo owns the copyright,
rather than the person who took the picture, as is the case in the UK.
As a result, they made an order in December for the mother to remove
photos and videos of the boy or face a fine. She will also have to pay
her son if she posts new images of him.
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Privacy and copyright laws vary from nation to nation. In France,
anyone convicted of publishing and distributing images of another person
without their consent can face a fine of 45,000 euros (£40,000) and up
to a year in prison.
In 2016, French police urged parents to avoid posting photos of their
children on social media. They said the images could infringe on their
privacy and security.
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