Malas influencias: El lado oscuro de las redes en la infancia

I've seen a lot of Netflix documentaries and this one definitely is a stand out. With these types of docs, I'm used to my time being wasted and treated like i'm barely even watching. Surprisingly almost every bit of this documentary is disturbing and telling. It is a problem I was vaguely aware of but not nearly to this extent or what was really at play. There are many jaw dropping moments and it has a lot of substance to really think about. While at times the interviews are a bit frustrating because of the lack of accountability and blame shifting, I think it leaves a lot of food for thought and effectively reveals the truth.

This documentary offers a sobering look at the dark side of family content creation on YouTube, highlighting how easily people can become consumed by the pursuit of fame and money. It reveals the alarming greed of certain parents, the disturbing ease with which others look the other way, and the profound, lasting damage inflicted on the children involved. The emotional and psychological toll is both eye-opening and heartbreaking. If you're a parent, aunt, uncle, or have any teens in your life, this is an essential watch. It's also clear that the filmmakers intentionally left out some of the most horrific details-likely to protect the children-which makes what they do show all the more chilling and powerful.

This is a show about something that needs to be talked about a lot more than it actually is! Super heartbreaking to see these kids manipulated like that! The second episode absolutely broke me, its so sad how this mom is allowed to get away with horrible things. I hope that when piper turns 18 she has the courage to come out about all this abuse. I would recommend watching this show, not in a public place because you might shed a tear or two. I think this is eye opening to many people, before this documentary I would see piper getting a lot of hate for her actions but after an inside look it makes sense.

I watched it at one go just a while ago. A must watch for parents and alike to understand how vulnerable we all are to virtual fame and the easy money. Exposing kids to camera, filming, sharing, looking for validation and endorsements is selling the childhood of the kids to others. It's nothing less than the child labor exploiting emotional and physical health of the kids. No amount of justifications for such parenting activities is acceptable. It's about time Govt came up with some laws and started implementing it!

The old adage 'A picture speaks thousands words' no longer holds true. Every single picture is fabricated and manipulated for reasons beyond the comprehension of the consumer of the content!

There's no 'there' there, to borrow an infamous phrase.

The people who most need accountability thrown at them are nowhere to be seen- no parents, just children, being corralled and used by the ringleader, and exploited by the 'chronically online' Grandma Lorenz; if anyone has experience concerning scrubbing information from the internet, well, it would definitely be her.

The concept is a good one- showing people (especially parents) the dangers, both mentally and physically, of becoming an online personality, or 'influencer', is desperately needed, but for inexplicable reasons, one that even the best empirical evidence fails to make even minimal impressions on these people and their children. Had this been done better, more responsibly, I think it's worth telling, but this series seems intent on glorifying in the most bizarre ways. What seems to be a message of 'this is bad!' But with a sideways 'wink wink' towards anyone considering this 'career'.

There's scant few details that elaborate without extreme bias that's barely cloaked behind the advice, and I'd caution anyone watching with their children without a heavy dose of skepticism and suspicion. Coupled with copious amounts of independent research that can be used to make better and informed decisions.