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Memorandum in SupportA.774 (Rosenthal)/S. 825 (Liu) Protections for Child Influencers

avatar Marissa Edmund  April 10, 2025

The Family Online Safety Institute supports S.825/A.774, which would create a
trust account for minors who are featured in their parents’ social media content. If
passed, New York would be among just 3 other states to pass a law codifying
influencing as labor for minors. The bill would ensure that children who are featured in
their parents’ content receive a portion of the earnings generated from those videos.
Additionally, this law features a clause that would allow a child 13 or older, or an adult
who was a child at the time of the content being posted, to request that the content
they were featured in be deleted. While this bill is not a silver bullet to protect child
influencers from all online harms, it creates a pathway towards economic justice and
empowers a child’s right to privacy.

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Marissa Edmund

Marissa Edmund is the Policy Specialist at the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), working with the policy team to monitor emerging issues in tech policy and contribute her policy and research expertise to ensure the online world is safer for children and families. Prior to joining FOSI, Marissa spent two years at the Center for American Progress as the Sr. Policy Analyst for Gun Violence Prevention focusing heavily on gender-based and domestic violence. Before that, Marissa was the Policy Coordinator at the National Network to End Domestic Violence where she was able to actualize her passion for family safety by conducting research, engaging membership, and educating lawmakers on ways to support survivors of domestic violence. Marissa holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC).