BSR | Human Rights Impact Assessment: Facebook in Myanmar
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CHILD RIGHTS
As specified in Article 25 of the UDHR and Article 10 of the ICESCR, motherhood and childhood are
entitled to special care and assistance. The Convention on the Rights of the Child requires that the best
interests of children must be the primary concern in making decisions that may affect them.
Risk / Opportunity
Severity Factors
Management Factors
What is the potentially adverse
human rights impact that might
happen in the future?
Scope (How many people could be
affected by the harm/opportunity?)
Likelihood (How likely is the impact
to happen over next five years?)
Scale (How serious are the impacts
for the victim?)
Attribution (How closely is
Facebook connected to the
impact?)
Remediability (Will remedy restore
the victim to same or equivalent
position?)
Children may be communicated with
on the Facebook platform in ways
that may result in offline harm, such
as psychological harm, trafficking,
and sexual exploitation.
Children may access inappropriate
content on Facebook.
Child sexual abuse material may be
distributed on Facebook.
Scope: Children over 13 but less
than 18 who may be using
Facebook.
Scale: The consequences for
children can range from mild to
severe, including violations of their
right to life, liberty, and security of
person. (See Security risks, above).
Remediability: Some access to
remedy does exist, such as private
content being removed, data being
purged, or passwords being
changed. However, violations of
child rights can have permanent
impacts, including on mental and
physical health and well-being.
Leverage (How much ability does
Facebook have to effect change?)
Likelihood: Lack of digital literacy
and the rule of law in Myanmar
make the likelihood of these risks
occurring higher than in many other
markets. The lack of local law
enforcement capacity or partnership
increases these risks, too.
Attribution: Facebook does not
cause or contribute to these
violations, but is linked to them via
its products and services.
Leverage: Facebook has leverage
available via implementation of the
Community Standards, efforts to
increase digital literacy, raising
awareness of the Community
Standards, and seeking
partnerships with law enforcement
agencies.