Children who work as social media influencers will be getting some protections come next summer. Illinois is the first state in the country to enact a law ensuring so-called “kid-fluencers” are adequately compensated. It requires a percentage of any earnings from posts on sites like Twitter and Tik-Tok to be put into a trust fund for the child said Senator David Koehler of Peoria this past spring.
“This becomes kind of an industry for the family. We are talking about this being a business. So in the same way a child actor has to be protected by certain parameters, this is what this is attempting to do.”
The applies to children under 16 and takes effect next July first.
***Courtesy of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services***
