Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The growth of child influencers reflects the increasing monetization of children’s online visibility within contemporary digital communication ecosystems, often facilitated by parental content production on social media platforms. This practice raises complex legal and regulatory concerns, including infringements of children’s privacy, economic exploitation, risks of physical and psychological harm, and interference with the right to education. While assessing the best interests of the child poses procedural challenges and domestic exploitation often escapes effective oversight, this principle nevertheless remains a crucial normative foundation for child protection, even within digitally mediated, family-based contexts. This article proposes an integrated regulatory framework that combines ex-ante child rights impact assessments with accessible, child-centered ex post remedial mechanisms, aiming to enhance the governance of child influencer practices within the digital environment.
Source: Transformative Society
DOI: 10.63336/transsoc.45
Author: Yingying Jiang
Institution: University of Macau
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7144085536