This research is motivated by developments in technology and information that
are increasingly advanced at present, especially in buying and selling transactions.
Currently, many buying and selling transactions are based online. Children as a legal
subject also often make buying and selling transactions online. One of the media that
is often used by children in buying and selling online is Facebook. This study aims to
determine the responsibility of the marketplace and the seller to children as consumers
in online buying and selling transactions via Facebook. The formulation of the problem
that taken is about the form of responsibility of the marketplace and the seller to
children as consumers in making online buying and selling transactions via Facebook.
The analytical method used in this research is juridical normative. Secondary data in
this study were obtained from statutory regulations, books, journals and the internet
whose material is related to research materials as well as conducting interviews at the
Advocacy and Consumer Protection Institute in Medan City