Screening | The Danger of Sharenting

26/08/2025 - From 19h30 to 21h30 - Public

Children Under the Influence - Overexposed in the Name of the Like

 

• The average child appears in 1,300 photos and videos on social media before the age of 13
• Videos featuring children receive 3 times more views than those without
• 50% of the photos and videos circulating on pedocriminal networks were originally posted on social media by the children’s own parents
• One teenager successfully sued his mother for exposing him online without his consent

“If you think sharing your child’s life on social media is an innocent act, I’m here to tell you that you’re wrong.”

From the very beginning of the film, 24-year-old Cam addresses us directly. She is one of the few brave enough to speak out, revealing the consequences of an overexposed childhood, curated and shared online by her own mother.

Her story is chilling—because Cam speaks for billions of children around the world. A world plugged into Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat—where family life is broadcast and monetized, where any parent can capitalize on their child’s image, daily routine, privacy, even suffering.

Some family YouTube channels have been accused of concealed labor, manipulation, and abuse.

Beyond the impact on her health, Cam takes us with her in her fight to make her voice heard—right up to the highest levels of government.Her testimony is echoed by a series of individuals actively pushing for change: whistleblowers, former insiders, committed authors. Together, they shed light on the limits and dangers of our everyday digital practices. The statistics are alarming—and the audiences watching these children aren’t always who we think they are.

From Europe to the US, Canada, and Dubai, this documentary blends exclusive testimonies with investigation.It examines the dark side of family influencers, where even the most naïve parental intentions are quickly caught in an unstoppable machine—one with increasingly severe and irreversible consequences: the breakdown of parent-child relationships, child exploitation, and in some cases, death.A capitalist, destructive system that has become normalized in collective indifference.

What if, tomorrow, our children were to blame us for our recklessness—for having left traces of their childhood on social media without their informed consent?

Tickets : 

• Members of The Nine | 8€
• Public | 12€

About the Director – Elisa Jadot

For nearly fifteen years, Elisa Jadot has been conducting investigative journalism in France and abroad. She is also known for directing documentaries that drive collective awareness.One of her recent works, #HAPPY: The Happiness Dictatorship on Social Media, exposed the risks of displaying our lives online. Through powerful testimonials, it revealed the emotional toll on adolescents and young adults constantly comparing themselves to others.

This experience deepened her expertise on social media culture. It also led her to explore the rising phenomenon of family content creators.Children Under the Influence: Overexposed in the Name of the Like is a necessary follow-up. Social media usage has exploded—rising 17-fold in just two years, from 200 million users in 2018 to 3.5 billion in 2020. That’s 3.5 billion potential revenue streams for platforms—and just as many opportunities for family-related abuses.

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