Illinois Child Labor Law — Social Media Earnings Protection Act
First US law requiring parents who profit from videos of their minor children on social media to compensate those children. Minors who appear in at least 30% of a creator's monetized content are entitled to a portion of earnings placed in a trust. Effective July 1, 2024.
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