NHRC wants guidelines to be set out for online child content

The National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRC) has urged the Ministry of Education to establish clear policies prohibiting teachers and educational personnel from involving children in online content that violates their rights and to develop a concrete action plan to prevent and address such issues.

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Commissioner Wasan Paileeklee said yesterday that child-related content has increasingly become a means of exploiting children, both directly and indirectly — for example, to gain likes, shares, followers, or advertising revenue.

In doing so, children are often portrayed as commodities to draw public attention. Many such pieces of content are inappropriate, such as footage of naked children, children crying, or children being coerced into certain behaviours.