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: the Parliament definitively adopted Tuesday, by a final unanimous vote of the Assembly, a bill LREM to frame the videos presenting on Internet of the children “
influencers
”.
The text, greeted on all the benches of the Palais Bourbon, was voted by 69 votes.
It will make France a pioneer on this subject, according to its author, the deputy LREM Bruno Studer.
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"
Child labor is prohibited in France unless there is a derogation, including on the Internet
", argued the elected representative of Bas-Rhin who chairs the Committee on Cultural Affairs.
Welcoming a “
precise and balanced
”
text
, the Secretary of State for Children and Families Adrien Taquet recalled that “
since 2017 the government has repeatedly endeavored to better regulate the digital space so that everyone is there. better protected
”.
This mainly involves regulating the hours and income of minors under the age of sixteen whose images are broadcast on video platforms and sometimes viewed millions of times.
So far it is a legal vacuum.
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The extent of the phenomenon of these “
youtuber
”
children
is difficult to quantify, but Bruno Studer evokes “
several dozen cases
” and income, up to 150,000 euros per month, “
which allow some parents
” to stop “
all activity”
".
In cases where the employment relationship is proven, the text provides for the extension of an already existing system which regulates the work of children in the show business and child models.
And if the administrative authorizations and approvals are not respected, a summary judge may be seized.
The remuneration received by the children will be, as for the children of the spectacle, placed in the Caisse des Dépôts et consignations, until they come of age.
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