Rhizome awareness report: ‘Digital Identity Matters’
Posted by Steven Warburton on Monday, June 14, 2010 at 9:07 am. 1 Comment.

Publishing compromising personal online images may be against social norms, cultural codes or have a negative impact on professional life
Publishing online pictures of minors such as pupils and students
The ethical considerations we need to address when we knowingly create content that will contribute to a third person’s online image
For this pattern two questions remain unanswered:

Ethically, is it up to parents to create an ID for their children?
At what point can a child be sensibly consulted for consent on the publication of an online picture depicting them alone or with an adult? Is there particular moment at which children should be engaged with these decisions?