Documentary HackBad InfluenceBy Jenna Rosher, Kief Davidson
In a Nutshell
This 2025 three-part documentary examines child exploitation in the world of social media influencing.
Favorite Quote
In almost all cases for young girls on these platforms, being an influencer means having very large numbers of adult men as followers.
Katherine Blunt, journalist, The Wall Street Journal
Introduction
From make-up tutorials and funny cat videos to niche academic lectures and science explainers, YouTube offers content for just about anyone.
While the platform does have an age restriction, a lot of entertainment content on the site features children and caters to a young audience, giving rise to the world of 'kidfluencing' — social media stardom for kids.
Between 2018 and 2022, former kidfluencer Piper Rockelle and her mother and manager, Tiffany Smith, amassed a following of over 12 million subscribers, generating a monthly income of up to $500,000.
Directed by American filmmaker Kief Davidson, Bad Influence is a 2025 documentary miniseries about the child exploitation and abuse behind Piper Rockelle's success.
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