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Colorado governor signs Steamboat Springs lawmaker’s bill to protect online ‘kidfluencers’
The law requires trust funds for some child creators and lets adults request removal of childhood content, with civil penalties for sexualizing minors.
A bill signed Monday, May 4, by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will establish new protections for children who appear in online monetized content, sometimes called “kidfluencers.” House Bill 1058 requires parents or guardians to establish a trust fund for children younger than 18 who appear in digital content, allows those children — once adults — to remove that content, and enhances civil enforcement against child sexualization. The bill is sponso…