Child abuse charges against YouTube channel's mom underscore lack of oversight for kids.
Professional child actors working for major production companies are covered by strict legal safeguards.
In some states, parents must be on set at all times to ensure a child's safety. In others, a child's on-set tutor serves as their welfare worker, doubling as an educator and an enforcer of the laws meant to protect the child. Hackney, the Arizona mother, is accused of withholding food and water and bathroom access from her children when they failed to follow directions for their videos, according to the Maricopa Police Department. She is also accused of beating and pepper-spraying them from head to toe, and taking them out of school to make videos.
YouTube has taken down a channel called 'Fantastic Adventures' after allegations of child abuse against the performers' mother."When this happens, it is surprising. Was there something in their past that was missed, or something that started later?" Hanlon said.
Lynn Schofield Clark, author of"The Parent App: Understanding Families in a Digital Age" and professor and chair of media, film and journalism studies at the University of Denver, said she wondered if there is a need for some kind of independent agency that could serve as a watchdog for social networks — anas a way to reduce the spread of misinformation online.
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