15-year-old social media influencer who claims her parents ripped her off inspires Illinois law allowing kids to sue::"The rise of social media has given children new opportunities to earn a profit. Many parents have taken this opportunity to pocket the money.”

  • @Majestic@lemmy.ml
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    461 year ago

    There were laws made around child actors because of the same issue. Sad it keeps coming up.

    • Eagris
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      41 year ago

      Fun fact : The original law to protect child actors from their parents came about because of the case of Jackie Coogan, who later played Uncle Fester on the TV version of The Addams Family.