I know some people use social media to send pictures privately to immediate family and I can understand that.
What I don't really understand is how it's allowed to post content publicly of children who cannot agree to it? At first I didn't think much of family vloggers or influencers but after thinking about child actors of the 1990s, could this era we're in turn out to be even darker for the families who are doing this to their children nonstop?
I cannot imagine if my childhood meant growing up with a camera in my face everyday to be told to publicly lie about enjoying a product or pretend to be happy so I could be judged by masses of people I didn't even know? How is this allowed? Most followers are probably harmless, but there will always be a questionable minority who has access to see a child everyday on social media, see their surroundings, and to decipher any security question on life that they could ever think up for their bank account or whatever else.
It makes me kind of sad for kids who are growing up in a family like that. The pressure must be intense. The scrutiny could become unbearable. They are little people who are entrusted to their parents to be taken care of, but what if their parents don't let them rest because another post needs to be made because household bills are on the line? Is that pressure right for kids to take on?
AIBU to think child labour laws should be adjusted to include social media?