AIBU to think it's about time parents were prevented from exploiting their own children on YouTube, Instagram and other SM platforms?

[CameliaCamelia]

Just that really!! Many holiday vlogs are shared ( we know where you live and your house is empty!! We also know what valuables are in that house and the full layout)
as well as clips of where they live and the children in school uniform

www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/youtube-axes-more-than-400-channels-over-child-exploitation-controversy/

Or should it remain unregulated?

I think legislation will catch up in the fullness of time but not before some poor kids have their childhoods and dignity stolen. Hope mum and dad have enough stashed for the therapists

I unsubscribe from Youtubers as soon as they have babies and start including them in their videos. Stop exploiting your children for views, it's weird, not the content I subscribed for, and I doubt your kids will thank you for it in the future.

Yes to this!

I worry about the kids in future, most of us are free to make mistakes and do silly things while we’re young but theirs are out there for everyone to see and haunt them for years.

I totally agree. But so many of these children think that fame and fortune is just around the corner on these sites. I fear we are loosing a battle trying to keep our children from being exploitative minions on these channels.

yes absolutely. My kids used to really like the skylanders family/FGTV and the whole family are in that. The parents whole lifestyle is funded by you tube and they do the worst pranks and things on their kids for "reactions ". I cannot bear it and feel so sorry for their children

I think this should be in the child labour laws

We know the inside of their homes so well

Windows....if they have locks,do they regularly keep it open... we can see all that

Doors.... the same. Door locks and mechanisms often in shot. Makes it easy to study in detail ( pause the video)

Habits. Dad's away on a work trip. Time school run takes place and how long it will be.... a burglary or intruder takes seconds. Would they lie in wait?

It's not just the kids. The mum has often posed in swimwear or underwear or something a weirdo might like.... and most of them have shown us way to much during the obligatory 'birth video'

Same with the Radfords though

I fond some downright disturbing. I follow gymnastics/cheerleading so Insta throws up a lot of suggested content that is basically 8 year old in inappropriate costumes/poses all uploaded by their parents because they're. "dance moms".

I agree!

It's the gymnastics accounts that YouTube flagged as being the paedophile target

Messages were being left in the comments section directing other sexual predators to the exact time of the part they would be interested in...i.e 11.32

My dd has an Instagram which I moderate but I cover her face. It's mostly to show off fashion and street art near where we live.

I agree re: child labour laws. Children on film sets are limited to 1-2 hours' work per day, and producers must evidence that they are being provided with education the rest of the time. Parents are also legally obliged to ensure their children keep their earnings.

No social media influencers are required to protect their children in any of these ways right now.

With the warmer weather approaching there will be the inevitable photos and videos of swimming, pools, beaches, gardens with half naked children and parents

There will be a surge of them as so many are now flicking to social media to make their money through engagement with viewers..... those using companies to advertise and to get free goods and paid work will not care

It's the other side of a screen to them..... until their house is broken into because on insta stories they are living it up in Lanzarote! So the house must be empty right...

Absolutely. I can’t even begin to imagine how embarrassed I’d feel as a 38 year old health care professional if every single day of my childhood had been filmed for the viewing masses. The pregnancy, birth, potty training, tantrums, acting up for the camera. Ugh,it stinks.

I’m still raging that The Ingham Family of 5 didn’t have their account closed down after the dad’s scandal.

How bad does it have to get before anyone actually takes notice and does something to protect these children!

Imagine being on set 24/7.

You'd learn very quickly not to tell mummy anything, as it might end up as an opportunity for "content"...

Yes, quite!

And content = cash

Some vloggers use social media as s career actually giving up full time jobs. The whole families financial security hinges on parents filming the kids and home.

Last year I went through all the photos I had shared on FB and checked with my dc's they were happy with all of them. I think Dd was ok with all of them, ds said 2 were a bit embarrassing so I took them both off.

It's all about us respecting our dc's privacy so they then learn to respect there own.
Now she's watching videos by teenagers her age which are an emotional minefield! Dd is 15 and autistic, since watching some of these videos she's become really aware of self-harming which is a topic i was hoping to avoid!

That's such a shame.

A wake up call is needed across the whole industry. And I doubt very much the cash vloggers generate will go into savings accounts for the kids!

It's all about the grey decor and trendy rug! That's where it goes

Completely agree.

Scary stuff!

Agree
Horrible
But the millions who watch and follow are just as bad

Agreed. So many children have every aspect of their childhood on SM with no say while their parents profit.

Any time I take a photo of my DC that I’d like to put on SM I ask for their permission and respect it when they say no. I equally have a rule that if I wouldn’t want it discussed about me, I don’t discuss it about them.

Wow I had no idea about the peadophile links with these pages, my stomach turned watching the video (the disgusting comments, the time stamps and the sharing of links to abuse images!)
Having a child on YouTube is one thing (and not a great thing by any stretch imo) but surely you’re looking at these comments! Imagine knowing your child’s views were mainly from predators and condoning it, allowing it to continue it, being complicit in it!

Thanks for sharing OP. I had no idea!