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Is a reckoning coming for parenting influencers?

Fortesa Latifi talks about what (if any) protections exist for children whose lives are broadcast on the Internet from the time before they're even born.

Journalist Fortesa Latifi shares what she's learned about the lives of children in the influencer economy

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 12: Influencers and their children on February 12, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Coles and the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation are partnering to help children access food education programs run in schools and early learning centres around Australia.
Influencers and their children on February 12, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Kim Landy/Getty Images for Coles)

For the last couple of years, journalist Fortesa Latifi has been reporting on the stories of the grown-up children of parenting influencers.

Her article and Cosmopolitan's documentary about it offer a startling look behind the camera — and how some share-enters are addressing the criticism or making the decision to stop using their children in content creation.

She joins host Elamin to talk about what she's learned about the reality of the parenting influencer economy, and what (if any) protections exist for children whose lives are broadcast on the Internet from the time before they're even born.

You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Interview with Fortesa Latifi produced by Jane van Koeverden

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