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What are the risks of digital child labour?

Child performers such as child models and actors in traditional media industries are protected, b...

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07.30 19 May 2025


What are the risks of digital child labour?


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07.30 19 May 2025


Child performers such as child models and actors in traditional media industries are protected, but not in the multi-million-dollar online influencer industry. 

That’s the warning from Dr Francis Rees, Co-ordinator for the Child Influencer Project and a Lecturer in Law at the University of Essex, who will be launching the “Kids as Content” Toolkit with the Ombudsman for Children later today. 


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