Laws & Children's Digital Protection

About Research

Childhood disadvantage remains apparent in a digital age. This research project aims to explore effective standards for European and international laws to meaningfully address childhood disadvantage in the digital age. It answers what children’s digital protection is, what the statutory rights of the child in the digital age established by European and international laws are, as well as whether or not it is necessary to create new legislation at the European Union level to impose extra legal liabilities on stakeholders. It will improve the current understanding of children’s digital rights and make a substantial contribution to children’s digital protection.

About Researcher

Mengting Wang is currently a PhD candidate in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University (DCU). Mengting’s research is focused on laws and children’s digital protection. It is supervised by Dr James Gallen. Mengting received a Master of Laws degree from DCU, a Bachelor of Laws degree in IT Law from Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications and a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Research from the University of Edinburgh.

Mengting is experienced in research involving vulnerable and sensitive participants. Mengting is a member of DCU Research Ethics Committee (REC) and has volunteered as postgraduate representative on the REC for almost three years.

Mengting is a certified intermediate IT operations specialist. Mengting has two Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) certifications - CompTIA A+ and Network+ - and a Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certification. Mengting’s another CompTIA Security+ certification is now on the track.

Mengting holds a Post-Graduate Research Fee Scholarship from DCU School of Law and Government. Previously, Mengting held a Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship (GOI-IES) for 2022-2023.

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