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A new Netflix series sheds light on the unregulated world of underage YouTube stars

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61% Informative

New Netflix series Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing lays bare the unregulated world of underage YouTube stars.

Piper Rockelle , now 17 , shot to fame at age nine via videos produced and posted to YouTube by her mom, Tiffany Smith .

The series uses the controversial case of now-17-year-old Piper Rockele as a lens for the entire industry.

A lawsuit brought by former Squad members against Smith and her boyfriend Hunter Hill settled in October .

Bad Influence stars Piper Rockelle in a new documentary on the subject of sexual exploitation allegations.

The creators say the problem is as old as the entertainment industry itself.

They say they don't have much hope platforms like YouTube , TikTok , or Instagram will step in to regulate how content-creating kids are treated.

VR Score

54

Informative language

49

Neutral language

47

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

42

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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