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[quote=Anonymous]I know for child actors, there are regulations and laws in an effort to protect them. Is there any protection for children who are featured in family channels on youtube or social media?

What made me think of this is I was watching those short videos on youtube and there was one of a woman with 3-4 kids that caught my eye. It didn't look like she came from money but her youtube channel had 300K subscribers and when I looked into it more, she also has a successful instagram following. What concerned me was the main feature of her content is her young child who has autism and who according to her at age 4 determined they were non binary and now at 6 determined they were transgendered. All her content revolves around these two topics and this young child and given both topics (autism and non-binary trans) attract decent niche audiences she seems to have a loyal following and her content gets a lot of views and comments. I am sure she is bringing in pretty good money now between youtube and instagram and it would likely be hard to find a way to replace that kind of cash and the lifestyle it offers. Which means this child and his autism / gender expression content has to keep being churned out in order to support the family.  It creates a situation where there needs to keep being something new and interesting about the child in order to keep people watching. It kind of made me sad for all of them that they are now caught up in this vortex of pushing out content that features a very young child who is having his every thought and actions being filmed and broadcast (and potentially being influenced by the need for content)

I know there are a lot of channels and pages that make their living off of featuring their kids. Are there are regulations in place for situations like these? [/quote]

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