RECENT EVENTS
July 4, 2025 – From Cradle to Cloud: Surveillance and Digitalisation around Childhood
Event Description: The European Parliament hosted a hybrid panel on the dangers of data sharing and privacy risks in the modern era. The event primarily focused on kids-as-consumers of media (for example, ensuring that data is handled responsibly by online service providers). However, researcher Emma Beuckels spoke about kids-as-producers and the “platformization of the family,” referring to kids who are heavily featured on family social media accounts for a profit. View the conference recording here.
March 25, 2025 – Ending the Exploitation of Minors on Social Media: A Federal Policy Perspective
Event Description: Moderator Jess Maddox, Chris McCarty, Alyson Stoner and other panelists discuss the need for federal legislation to protect children working in family social media. View the webinar recording here.
September 17, 2024 – Child Star
Quit Clicking Kids is honored to have their advocacy work featured in the new Hulu documentary Child Star. Child Star is Demi Lovato’s directorial debut featuring actors and activists discussing the potential impacts of unregulated child entertainment.
Event Description: Quit Clicking Kids was featured for our work as the original co-crafter of legislation aiming to protect children who are monetized on family social media accounts in Washington State. The documentary is now available on Hulu and Disney+.
November 9, 2023 – The Young and the Influential
Event Description: When social media becomes monetized, influencing becomes an industry. But often, the child stars of monetized social media accounts have no legal privacy protections or avenues to the revenue they help generate. Join moderators Leah Plunkett and Jenn Louie as well as panelists Chris McCarty (student founder and executive director of Quit Clicking Kids), Washington State Representative Kristine Reeves, Illinois Senator David Koehler, and Shreya Nallamothu to discuss the urgent need for protective legislation.
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