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Question: IANAL but isn't it illegal (grounds for a lawsuit at least) to use the image of someone, who is too young to provide legal consent, in an advertiseme
by ItendToDisagree 13y ago
Question:
IANAL but isn't it illegal (grounds for a lawsuit at least) to use the image of someone, who is too young to provide legal consent, in an advertisement without their legal guardian's express written consent?
I could have swore that was a thing on a higher than state level but maybe I'm wrong? Like I didn't think you could make a 'settlement' and then legally avoid this sort of thing in the future.
Isn't this quote all sorts of legally indefensible? When did non-adults ever have the ability to 'represent' anything in the absence of their guardian?
any user under 18 “represents” that her parent agrees to let Facebook use her image in ads.
- kevingadd 13y agoFacebook has enough money and lawyers to ignore the law, judging by the outcome of the court case mentioned in the article.
- crazypyro 13y agoCould facebook argue that creation of an account requires parental consent? Just curious.
- ItendToDisagree 13y agoI'm not sure if they do ask that. Would be a good work around for them I guess.
- crazypyro 13y agoYeah, I am not familiar enough with account creation to know, either.
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- dec0dedab0de 13y agoIANAL but isn't it illegal (grounds for a lawsuit at least) to use the image of someone, who is too young to provide legal consent, in an advertisement without their legal guardian's express written consent? In the article they list the states that it is illegal in. This is presumably a federal case that doesn't take that into account.
- thinkcomp 13y agoHere's the In Re: Facebook Privacy Litigation docket: http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/index.html?id=1782789 http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/index.html?id=1782789