Julie Jeppson, a single Mormon mom-of-eight who has a YouTube channel, “TheBigFamilyJewels,” with 214,000 followers, says in ...

A former child YouTube star is speaking out on the dangers of family vlogging, saying there is "never a good reason for posting your children online for money or fame." Shari Franke, whose life was ...

Lola used to love watching the LaBrant family’s vlogs on YouTube. Clicking through the channel, which has 12.9 million subscribers, she especially liked seeing the mother-daughter relationship between ...

Senate Bill 1469 is aimed at family influencers who make money off content featuring their children.

Shari Franke addressed Utah lawmakers to "shed light on the ethical and monetary issues that come from being a child influencer," citing experiences of her own Shari Franke/Instagram Shari Franke, the ...

Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online, by Fortesa Latifi. Gallery Books, 288 pp. Last Halloween, a clever costume “won the Internet,” as the saying goes. Kate Snyder of Brooklyn posted a ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The daughter of "mommy vlogger" Ruby Franke, who was sentenced to prison for child abuse charges earlier this year, spoke to Utah lawmakers Wednesday about the issue of minors on ...

In 2019, Myka Stauffer was the voice behind a fairly successful family vlogging channel. She posted about her husband, children, and parenting journey to close to 700,000 subscribers on YouTube and ...

Shari Franke, the eldest daughter of disgraced Mormon family vlogger Ruby Franke, delivered a powerful testimony in front of Utah lawmakers last week in a fight for laws protecting child influencers.

The world of family vlogging is under scrutiny after the release of two new documentaries: HBO’s “An Update on Our Family” and Hulu’s “Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke.” The attention ...