When Internet Famous Kids Grow Up, Things Get Complicated

glamour.com:

By Jake SmithBy Emily TannenbaumBy Madeline DangmannThe fact that young children were at the heart of these accounts has always been a source of shame—for me as a reader, and for the industry as a whole.

The subjects of this content are real children, like the Bird kids, who are starting to realize their entire childhoods, or at least large swaths of it, have been documented on the internet.

And that means they are at the mercy of the internet’s judgment.Currently, the children of content creators have no legally protected rights, but that may be about to change.

Incidents over the past few years are beginning to demonstrate how kid-centered content can be a slippery slope into darkness, exploitation, and abuse.