In the first move by state legislatures to regulate the family vlogging industry, Washington state has introduced new child rights legislation(Opens in a new tab) affording legal protections for children starring in online content. Should it pass, the law — proposed through House Bill 1627(Opens in a new tab), titled "Protecting the interests of minor children featured on for-profit family vlogs" — would ensure that children featured in online content, such as family vlogs, would receive appropriate compensation for any profit-generating media. It requires parents to funnel a portion of content revenue into a separate fund for children to access when they are adults. The law also would enshrine a right to privacy for these children once they've reached legal adult status, allowing them to petition to have videos and other content deleted.
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Leona Ungerer's insight:
"Cybershaming is a fairly new phenomenon and involves the enforcement of established or perceived social norms by the online community. It differs from earlier types of shaming in terms of the speed at which information can be shared, the prevalence of anonymous shaming, the vastness of the audience, and the lasting accessibility of shaming information on the web.
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