The scene in which the camera records the reactions of Filippa Toremo’s son when she tells him that she and his father are separating has been sharply criticized from many quarters. Critics include DN’s Lisa Magnusson, who thinks it’s limitless that SVT can follow the son’s reactions on camera when Toremo says: “Mom is moving into a new apartment.”
SVT Nyheter spoke to Caroline Engvall, author and journalist who specializes in child endangerment online.
– It is a sensitive and vulnerable situation. Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, children have the right to both privacy and integrity, and this is where SVT has crossed the line, she says.
Engvall believes so A child that young cannot give informed consent or “understand the consequences of exposure both in prime time and on the Internet.”
SVT editor-in-chief Christina Hill responds to SVT Nyheter in a written comment:
“SVT has many years of experience in portraying children and family life. This is a documentary reality series in which we have given careful journalistic considerations. When young children are involved, a special responsibility lies with us as editors. We have had a close dialogue with parents and carefully selected which parts to include, with the well-being and integrity of the child as a starting point.”
Christina Hill also writes that SVT is conducting “an internal dialogue” about the criticism.
