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First-in-nation vlogger children protection law poised for enactment in Illinois

It amends the child labor statute to guarantee kids a portion of their parents’ gross earnings from paid online videos.

Austin Jenkins

06:00 AM, May 25, 2023

Shreya Nallamothu looks at her phone in Bloomington, Ill., on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Illinois lawmakers aim to make their state what they say will be the first in the country to create protections for child social media influencers. Nallamothu, 15, raised her concerns to Illinois state Sen. David Koehler of Peoria, who then set the legislation in motion. (AP Photo/Claire Savage)

The children of families who chronicle their lives on video for compensation — known as vloggers — would receive new labor protections under a first-in-the-nation law awaiting Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s (D) signature.

Similar to child actor laws, the bill amends Illinois’s child labor statute to guarantee kids under 16 a portion of their parent or guardian’s gross earnings from paid online videos.

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