‘Kidfluencer’ culture is harming kids in several ways – and there’s no meaningful regulation of it
The Conversation
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The Dark Truths Behind Family Vlogging
Article by Rhea Ravi Kumar for GenZHer
Why ‘Kidfluencers’ Have So Few Protections — Even As Americans Support Regulating The Industry
FiveThirtyEight
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Why Kids Are Confronting Their Parents About ‘Sharenting’ | NYT Opinion
The New York Times
A message from Ella | Without Consent
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Take a second to think about the social media content you consume that involves child influencers and family-vlogging.
Ask Yourself: Why do I know so much about strangers children? Isn’t that strange? 🤔
Consider the impacts of this content:
– Privacy Loss: Kids’ lives shared online without consent.
– Exploitation: Pressure to perform for views.
– Online Harassment: Vulnerability to bullying.
Choose not to engage with media that puts children’s privacy and safety at risk. 🚫🎥
As children who were turned into content begin to reach adulthood, more are beginning to unravel their experience and share it with the internet. Here are two young adults sharing their story:
Cam Barrett. Cam has taken to TikTok, going by the username “softscorpio,” to tell her audience the impact sharenting has had on her life. She is now an advocate for legislation that protects children from being exploited online. See her testimony for the HB 645 bill here.
Claire. A former young adult whose name has been changed to protect her privacy shares her story in this powerful Teen Vogue article. She expresses the burden she felt being used for content and how her childhood was overshadowed by being content in videos.
