{"id":267769,"date":"2025-08-04T21:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kidfluencers-how-to-protect-children-who-are-making-a-business-out-of-the-internet-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T21:00:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:00:41","slug":"kidfluencers-how-to-protect-children-who-are-making-a-business-out-of-the-internet-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kidfluencers-how-to-protect-children-who-are-making-a-business-out-of-the-internet-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Kidfluencers&#8217;: How to protect children who are making a business out of the internet | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jUlg3QFzuZE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'Kidfluencers': How to protect children who are making a business out of the internet | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jUlg3QFzuZE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Children who are making money by promoting brands on the internet are known as &#8216;kidfluencers&#8217;. There is currently no legal framework for the business, and fears are growing that children and young content creators could be vulnerable to exploitation.<\/p>\n<p>New research given exclusively to ITV News has found that only half of parents of young influencers have a dedicated savings account for their child&#8217;s earnings. And more than half of commercial brands rely on parents to handle their child&#8217;s financial compensation.<\/p>\n<p>A former child influencer has created her own code of conduct with the hope of creating a solid legal basis for parents and businesses to address the risks involved in commercial child-led content. 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