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I'm not too familiar with kids content but I have seen some of those "unboxing toy" videos are hosted by children themselves. I find it a bit concerning if those videos are monetized. There are child labor laws but in the land of Youtube do they apply at all?

I think this new law would at least get rid of parents monetizing their children (as long as it's kids content).



Found those sort of channels disturbing too, one of the highest paid YT ad revenue stars is one such channel and companies pay around $50,000 outside of that to have the child playing with their product for a few minutes. The kid really doesn't look like he's that into it and kinda just going through the motions.

Staring in videos is hard work and having a child act daily on camera for the parents income can't be good for them.




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