Influencer Kids Are Probably Fed Up - With Fortesa Latifi

What will happen to all the kids having their lives made into content? How do they feel? Maybe they're fine, maybe they're miserable. It is so hard to know because most of them are still so young. But reporter Fortesa Latifi has done a deep dive into how influencer kids are feeling about their entire lives being broadcast online. She spoke to one young woman of an influencer who told her parents she didn't want to be in their videos any more and they told her if she didn't appear they would lose all their money. How should we think of this labor as we consume this content and how can and should the government step in to protect children from online exploitation?

You can read Fortesa's story on influencer kids here:

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/influencer-parents-children-social-media-impact

 

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