Let's paint a story.

You are looking at a tool review channel. Most of the tools are items that the creator had in his shed.

Suddenly, one of the screwdrivers he reviews doesn't look as useful as the others and is clearly pristine. It is clearly an advertisement. The product is new because it was donated by a brand and the review is better than usual because of that.

Except that this is not the case.

The screwdriver was recently given to him for Christmas by their wife and the creator is emotionally attached to it, explaining why they review it more positively than previous items on the channel.

Meanwhile, he was wearing a new belt. The belt was donated by a clothing company in exchange for positive exposure. It is identical to his other belts with the brand name visible on the buckle, except that it has a magnet on the side to attach screws. No mention is made of the belt other than the fact it is used in the video.

The ads are not as easy to detect as one might think.

I follow some somewhat popular accounts who occasionally advocate for a product they enjoy even though they aren't being paid to. It would be nice to know for sure when the sentiment is legitimate or bought.

Is it still a sentiment if it is bought?

Most ads include feigned sentiment, in my experience.

The result is that those influencers will be paid under the table and won't label their posts as ads.

Just compare German and US influencer spam to see that laws like this actually have an effect.

That's literally the point of this thread, to make that illegal since the only valid meaning of under the table is illegally paying a wage.

Yes, that's the problem they're trying to address. As George Carlin said "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

Many children can't.

Many children are "influencers", often with parental support.

It's a very weird world out there.

This!

Children shouldn't use social networks without adult supervision.

That's not how the real world works though. I was raised by the internet because both my parents had to work nonstop just to keep a roof over our heads. We'd need to make a lot of changes to how society functions to allow for that level of parenting.

But hey I turned out okay! (Not really)

Children do a lot of things they shouldn't do, often with their parents enabling them.

Many people aren't very bright. Does that mean we should let them be abused?

if it means taking away my right to do X (where my doing X doesn't endanger others), then yes