How Much Is a Child’s Privacy Worth?
In Like, Follow, Subscribe, Fortesa Latifi examines the booming business of parents turning their children into online content.
Illustration: Younsik Woo for Bloomberg
Think back to a vulnerable moment from your childhood — your grandmother’s funeral, your first period, the death of a beloved pet. Now imagine going through that emotional roller coaster with a camera in your face. And then imagine your parents asking you to cry again because they didn’t record it the first time.
That’s the reality for many child influencers who often have private moments uploaded to the internet for billions of strangers to watch, remix and save for later.