{"id":22795,"date":"2026-04-22T07:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/an-element-of-exploitation-the-world-of-tiktok-child-skincare-influencers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:37:37","slug":"an-element-of-exploitation-the-world-of-tiktok-child-skincare-influencers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/an-element-of-exploitation-the-world-of-tiktok-child-skincare-influencers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018An element of exploitation\u2019: the world of TikTok child skincare influencers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experts say regulation of child influencers sits in a legal grey area as children promote products on social media<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2026\/apr\/22\/toddler-skincare-children-videos-tiktok\">#ToddlerSkincare: the \u2018dark and exploitative\u2019 world of children\u2019s beauty videos on TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a TikTok video a young girl \u2013 her age anywhere between 10 and 15 \u2013 sits unboxing package after package of products she says were sent to her by skincare brands. She calls it a \u201cPR haul\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In another video, a 16-year-old opens a box of products she received from a well known brand. She says: \u201cI know I have younger people watching,\u201d before reading out a note from the brand that says: \u201cCan\u2019t wait for you to share your thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/22\/tiktok-child-skincare-influencers\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/09d3ee327a895375c3e9998bd76106aa9fbfc011\/1_0_4998_4000\/master\/4998.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=bc2715bdd8565d8e2ced4a855e283475\" title=\"\u2018An element of exploitation\u2019: the world of TikTok child skincare influencers\" \/>Experts say regulation of child influencers sits in a legal grey area as children promote products on social media<br \/>\n#ToddlerSkincare: the \u2018dark and exploitative\u2019 world of children\u2019s beauty videos on TikTok<br \/>\nIn a TikTok video a young girl \u2013 her age anywhere between 10 and 15 \u2013 sits unboxing package after package of products she says were sent to her by skincare brands. She calls it a \u201cPR haul\u201d.<br \/>\nIn another video, a 16-year-old opens a box of products she received from a well known brand. She says: \u201cI know I have younger people watching,\u201d before reading out a note from the brand that says: \u201cCan\u2019t wait for you to share your thoughts.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts say regulation of child influencers sits in a legal grey area as children promote products on social media #ToddlerSkincare: the \u2018dark and exploitative\u2019 world of children\u2019s beauty videos on TikTok In a TikTok video a young girl \u2013 her age anywhere between 10 and 15 \u2013 sits unboxing package after package of products she &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/an-element-of-exploitation-the-world-of-tiktok-child-skincare-influencers\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018An element of exploitation\u2019: the world of TikTok child skincare influencers<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22795"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}