Child Influencers - Or Child Exploitation?

[Randall]

Kids are attracting millions of followers just for doing cute poses with branded products. A few are making literally millions of dollars for product promotion and placement. Is this child exploitation? A 60 second commercial can net more than most people make in an entire year. Where is the money going? I would bet it's not into an account for the child managed by an independent child advocate.

 

[Randall]

The world of kid influencers: social media sensations at six-years-old!
60 Minutes Australia

 

[stonehart]

Child exploitation at its finest, where I live many would argue that this sort of thing is not all that bad and the family is making an income etc etc...The reality is they are seeing this from a first world perspective and miss the point that child exploitation is not just children working in factories, forced labor etc, exploitation comes in many forms.