Hi all,
One thing I want to fight for on the internet is the protection of children on the internet. So many children on the internet are exploited for money, their privacy is plastered all over the internet and children can NOT give informed consent. These are constant issues with family vloggers.
I will admit I used to be a fan of family vloggers, but as I've gotten older I have opened my eyes to the dangerous world that kids are placed in, normally because of their parents.
One family that has been under the radar lately is the Saccone-Joly's. Jonathan Joly and Anna Saccone.
(Picture taken from Google).
Reasons for the Saccone-Joly's being under the radar is because they are exploiting their transgender daughter (MTF) for clicks and views to make money. Their daughter cannot give informed consent and most likely is coerced into this by her parents. Johnathan Joly has also expressed his personally issues with his gender identity and came out as non-binary. So this raises questions if he is trying to live through his transgender daughter. Regardless, their daughter's story is not theirs's to share. What if their daughter grows up and doesn't want to female anymore? What if their daughter goes to make friends and future relationships? No child that is on the internet can ever have a normal life - because of the selfishness of their parents.
Recently on Jonathan's Instagram he announced that he is quitting YouTube. I personally checked their channel and all videos have been either made private or deleted. Here is a screenshot below.
I would like to say that I hope good wellbeing of the whole family and they are all healthy. However, here are my thoughts around the intentions.
Firstly, if Jonathan who claimed that ‘I’ve deleted ALL my YouTube videos for the sake of my kids,’ says Jonathan Saccone-Joly. (From the Sun)
https://www.thesun.ie/news/8686245/irish-youtuber-jonathan-saccone-joly-deletes-channel/
However, his children are still all over his Instagram and TikTok, so this brings questions around his intentions. Is he doing the right thing for his children? Or is he hiding evidence of the amount of exploitation of his kids.
Here are a few videos if you are interested from Blair White (a transgender woman) and The Dad Challenge Podcast who go in depth about the exploitation of the Saccone-Joly's transgender daughter.
Also the Dad Challenge Podcast covered the episode of Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over where she stays with the Saccone-Joly's and this episode is very revealing about the dangers of posting children on the internet. Including asking Johnathan how he would feel if p*********'s watch his children and his response was appalling.
The videos/article I shared will explain everything better and I apologise for a long post. But I really wanted to write my thoughts down because KIDS ARE NOT CONTENT.
As always, take care,
MissHannianne.
(Also posted on Blurt).