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They would be a few dozen in France, to make a name for themselves on Instagram, YouTube or Facebook. Social media star children that brands rely on to advertise. "Influencers" who are not governed by any legal framework. Bruno Studer, LREM deputy for Bas-Rhin, chairman of the Cultural Affairs Committee of the National Assembly, tabled a bill on Wednesday to supervise the work of these children. "It is a question of giving a legal framework to the activity of these children", he explains Wednesday on Europe 1.
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Apply or adapt the protection applied to children in the show
"In some cases, the protection that applies to children in the entertainment industry must be applied because these children work. They obey instructions, they have an income. So, at that time, we transpose what exists for children of the spectacle, namely the respect of the right to consent, to rest, to leisure, and the right to have the money generated by its activities at its majority ", details the deputy. In cases where the work situation is not necessarily "characterizable" but where it cannot be said either that it is leisure, "we adapt the children's entertainment regime and make it operational for these children there ", continues the deputy.
Protect parents' children
The hours actually worked by children are complicated to calculate since we only see the result on the broadcasting platform, and not the whole creation process. This is why, this bill will not act on the schedules of turning at home but "on the incomes, on the number of videos or the number of hours of posted video".
"In some cases, children are successful and generate income above a certain threshold beyond which a certain number of monitoring procedures must be initiated. Children may not be successful but have parents who push them to make videos hoping for success so we must also act on this aspect, "he insists.