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Shreya Nallamothu looks at her phone in Bloomington, Ill., on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Lawmakers made Illinois the first in the country to create protections for child social media influencers. Nallamothu, 15, raised her concerns to Illinois state Sen. David Koehler of Peoria, who then set the legislation in motion. — AP Photo/Claire Savage

August 24, 2023

Illinois becomes the first state to protect young content creators, meet the teen who made it happen

Illinois's new law mandating equitable compensation for children featured in monetized videos is the first in US.

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