Social Media Platforms - Vloggers and Video Content Featuring Minors (Child Influencers Protection Act)

HB 1453 (Child Influencers Protection Act) requires vloggers who feature minors in their social media content to compensate those minors under specific conditions. It applies to vloggers (individuals or businesses) who earn compensation based on views (at least $0.10 per view or qualified for platform payments) and feature a minor in at least 30% of their content over any 30-day period. The bill mandates that vloggers pay a percentage of relevant earnings into a separate trust fund for each minor, to be accessed when the child turns 18. Additionally, it grants minors (or their guardians) the right to request permanent deletion of their content from social media platforms, requiring platforms to take "reasonable steps" to comply.