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Any online ‘kidfluencer’ content or images of children can be sexualised, as Four Corners report shows. So what can be done?

  • Written by: Catherine Jane Archer, Senior Lecturer, Communication, Edith Cowan University
Any online ‘kidfluencer’ content or images of children can be sexualised, as Four Corners report shows. So what can be done?guruXOX/Shutterstock

The latest episode of the ABC’s flagship investigative program, Four Corners, makes for grim viewing.

It reveals cases of men making inappropriate and sexual comments on online images of children, often posted on accounts run by their parents. In some cases, the posts were made on “kidfluencer” platforms such...

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