Online Privacy, Young People, and Datafication: Different Perceptions About Online Privacy Across Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Ghana, and Slovenia

Children and young people’s online privacy is increasingly challenged by the datafication of the digital world, and this is an increasingly important area of policy concern. Understanding what young people understand online privacy to be, and what they want done to protect it, is key to creating eff...

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Main Authors: Rys Farthing, Katja Koren Ošljak, Teki Akuetteh, Kadian Camacho, Genevieve Smith-Nunes, Jun Zhao
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Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2024-11-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051241298042
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title Online Privacy, Young People, and Datafication: Different Perceptions About Online Privacy Across Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Ghana, and Slovenia
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title_short Online Privacy, Young People, and Datafication: Different Perceptions About Online Privacy Across Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Ghana, and Slovenia
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