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child influencer
child influencer industry
child labor laws
child star
child stars of today
childhood internet fame
devil in the family
digital consent for children
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exploitation laws for children
family exploitation
family fun pack
family vlogging
famous family vloggers
financial abuse
House of my mother
i'm glad my mom died
influencer parenting
internet culture reckoning
Jennette McCurdy comparison
kidfluencing
labrant fam
mental health and influencers
mommy blogger
Mommy bloggers criticism
momtok
nikelodeon
privacy violations
quiet on set
regulating influencer families
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shari franke
social media generational divide
toxic social media culture
Product details
- ISBN 9781668080504
- Weight: 433g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 May 2026
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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A searing investigation into the child influencer industry and the perils of childhood internet fame, Like, Follow, Subscribe is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the costs of internet fame, and the ethics of online content.
What is it like to grow up with a camera in your face 24/7? To have your childhood moments sold as “content” to millions online? What happens when someone who works in a largely unregulated multi-billion-dollar industry sells away their childhood and has no financial safety net as an adult? What does it feel like to have your private moments—your medical diagnoses, your first period, your first break up, your tantrums, potty-training, and breastfeeding-weaning—broadcast to an audience of millions? Like, Follow, Subscribe shines a spotlight on the deeply troubling world of the child influencer industry.
Journalist Fortesa Latifi dives into the lives of children whose parents mine their everyday activities for monetizable content, exposing issues like privacy violations, financial abuse, and the absence of child labor protections. Through expert interviews with psychologists, labor scientists, and even former child influencers and family vloggers, she uncovers the pressures, trauma, and consequences for children thrust into the spotlight.
This timely and eye-opening book doesn’t just reveal the harm of toxic social media culture: it also provides a roadmap to better regulating influencer families, safeguarding children, and questioning the role of audiences in perpetuating these cycles of exploitation.
What is it like to grow up with a camera in your face 24/7? To have your childhood moments sold as “content” to millions online? What happens when someone who works in a largely unregulated multi-billion-dollar industry sells away their childhood and has no financial safety net as an adult? What does it feel like to have your private moments—your medical diagnoses, your first period, your first break up, your tantrums, potty-training, and breastfeeding-weaning—broadcast to an audience of millions? Like, Follow, Subscribe shines a spotlight on the deeply troubling world of the child influencer industry.
Journalist Fortesa Latifi dives into the lives of children whose parents mine their everyday activities for monetizable content, exposing issues like privacy violations, financial abuse, and the absence of child labor protections. Through expert interviews with psychologists, labor scientists, and even former child influencers and family vloggers, she uncovers the pressures, trauma, and consequences for children thrust into the spotlight.
This timely and eye-opening book doesn’t just reveal the harm of toxic social media culture: it also provides a roadmap to better regulating influencer families, safeguarding children, and questioning the role of audiences in perpetuating these cycles of exploitation.
Fortesa Latifi is a journalist based in Los Angeles, California. Her work has been featured in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Teen Vogue among other publications.
