In the wake of the arrest of Utah-based ‘mommy blogger’ Ruby Franke and her offsider Jodi Hildebrandt on 6 counts of felony child abuse, we take a look at child stars of the YouTube age. How have social channels like YouTube pushed the format of family vlogging into unsafe territory? Why aren’t child influencers subject to the same labour laws as child actors? What protections are in place to prevent acts of serious harm?
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