New law entitles child social media influencers to a percentage of earnings: ‘It’s kind of a new world’::The law covers children under 16 featured in monetized online platforms as debates over “sharenting” continue.
California has had the “Coogan Law” since the 1930s, which requires parents of child actors to set aside a percentage of the child’s earnings in a trust. Other states have similar laws. I’m not clear on whether these laws apply to streaming income, but it’s not really a new world so much as it is an application of an existing concept to a ‘new’ medium.
I don’t understand why it’s not the other was around and the parents only get access to a certain percentage of the income. They’re profiting of another persons work.
We’d have to change a few laws in this country so that minors can do things like open a bank account and sign employment contracts without their parents.
If they are allowed to work I don’t see why not
The idea is one parent is at the movie set with the child actor. That parent is no longer working a job with a salary. This the parent gets paid from the kid’s salary to replace the money they could be earning at a normal job.
You don’t want to just leave your kid at a movie/tv set.
This should expand to any situation where children are compelled to provide “free” labor “for the family”. This idea that parents are entitled to their children’s labor + government benefits + child support (-> wife support) + living punching bag they can abuse or threaten with homelessness ad nauseam needs to stop.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Illinois is the first state in the U.S. to ensure child social media influencers are compensated for their work, according to Sen. David Koehler, of Peoria, who sponsored a bill that was signed into law and will go into effect on July 1, 2024.
The idea for the law, which covers children under the age of 16 featured in monetized online platforms, including video blogs (also known as vlogs), was brought to Koehler by a 15-year-old in his district, the Democratic senator said.
Besides coordinated dances and funny toddler comments, family vlogs nowadays may share intimate details of their children’s lives — grades, potty training, illnesses, misbehaviors, first periods — for countless strangers to view.
Shreya Nallamothu, the teen who brought her concerns to Koehler and set the legislation in motion, first zeroed in on the issue while scrolling through social media during quarantine three years ago.
Washington state’s 2023 bill — spearheaded by Chris McCarty, another teen and the founder of Quit Clicking Kids, an advocacy organization focused on protecting minors being monetized online — stalled out in committee.
An Iowa law signed at the end of May allows teenagers to work more jobs and for longer hours, and Arkansas in March eliminated permits that required employers to verify a child’s age and a parent’s consent.
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How the times have changed.
