<![CDATA[Innovations in ICT have fundamentally reshaped societal communication styles, particularly within early childhood demographics (0–6 years old), who are increasingly exposed to social media. While digital spaces offer constructive advantages as learning instruments and creative outlets, they simultaneously introduce critical threats. These include risky sharenting behaviors, commercial exploitation of minors online, vulnerability to adult material, and cyber-harassment that threatens children's privacy and identity. This research uses a normative legal research method with a qualitative descriptive approach. Data collection was conducted through literature review utilizing primary legal materials, including the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, the Child Protection Law, and various other related regulations, supported by secondary legal materials in the form of scientific articles and relevant literature. Based on constitutional provisions, Article 28B paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia affirms the right of every child to live, grow, and develop, and to receive protection from all forms of violence and discriminatory treatment. In the digital space, Indonesia already has several legal instruments, such as the Child Protection Law, the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (ITE), and the Personal Data Protection Law (PDP), which require parental consent before processing children's data. However, the success of this protection is not solely determined by government regulations but also by the protective efforts of the family environment through the judicious implementation of digital parenting. Therefore, protecting the rights of early childhood amidst the widespread use of social media is a shared]]>
