Opinion: Social media platforms must stop the exploitation of child performers. Now


When kids make money by producing content for a media company in California, they are - or should be - protected by the state's laws, which mandate, among other things, limited hours, on-site education and a state-licensed teacher or social worker present on set at all times. — Dreamstime/TNS

YouTube has a major child labour problem. Just read Amy Kaufman and Jessica Gelt's recent Times investigation into the lawsuit facing YouTube star Piper Rockelle and her mother, Tiffany Smith.

Instagram and TikTok have child labour problems too, as do any social media platforms from which children (and their parents) derive income.

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