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Read more on kidfluencers in my latest story for @stateline_news:.
stateline.org
In the absence of federal regulations, some state legislators are pushing to protect child influencers.
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This year, at least four states — Arkansas, Montana, Utah and Virginia — have amended their child labor laws to mandate trusts and other protections for content creators who are minors.
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An increasing number of state lawmakers are wondering the same thing. And now, legislators are pushing to protect child influencers (among other social media legislation).
stateline.org
As concerns over mental health and privacy grow, more states are hoping to rein in the negative effects of social media through the courts and legislatures.
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Most people have accepted that social media influencing can be a legitimate job — for adults. But experts are worried about how this works “for children who can’t actually make that decision to go into that business themselves. ”.
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Kidfluencers and other content creators make money by hawking products and services to the people who follow them. The job has become increasingly lucrative as companies spend more on social media marketing. Some influencers can earn $10,000 or more for a single post.
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Parents: Do you know which influencers your children are watching on YouTube? It could be a kidfluencer. "Kidfluencing" has become an increasingly lucrative business. But there's very little oversight of how these accounts are managed🧵.
stateline.org
In the absence of federal regulations, some state legislators are pushing to protect child influencers.
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RT @AlmsNatalie: NEW: NIST, a govt standards agency, has been working on new digital identity guidelines for years. It finally released the….
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The new guidelines remove mentions of equity that NIST had included in previous draft updates.
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ICYMI: U.S. families lose nearly $350 billion each year due to the incarceration of a loved one in jail or prison, according to a recent report. From @amandavhernan/@stateline_news:.
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U.S. families lose nearly $350 billion each year due to the incarceration of a loved one in jail or prison, according to a recent report from the criminal justice advocacy group FWD.us. The estimate...
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RT @sgreenberger: Power over voter registration lists is the power to shape the electorate. That helps explain why the Trump DOJ is demandi….
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The Trump administration’s effort to scoop up voter registration lists and other information from a growing number of states underscores how state-controlled voter lists are a major battleground in...
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RT @MelindaDeslatte: Nonprofit hospitals around the country spend millions on stadium naming rights, raising eyebrows (from @stateline_new….
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Nonprofit hospital systems are spending millions to plaster their names on sports stadiums and arenas, even as federal Medicaid cuts and economic uncertainty cloud their financial futures.
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RT @State_Scoop: All 56 states and territories this week received approvals on their resubmitted proposals for how they would spend BEAD mo….
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RT @KenyaTheHunter: My time at The Associated Press as a public health reporter will end on September 19. This role I’ve loved was always m….
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No ban on state artificial intelligence legislation, but it looks like states with stricter regulations will not be receiving much AI-related federal funding.
Trump's long-awaited AI Action Plan was published this morning. More executive orders to come later today:.
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Trump's long-awaited AI Action Plan was published this morning. More executive orders to come later today:.
whitehouse.gov
The White House today released “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan”, in accordance with President Trump’s January executive order on Removing
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