Virtual worlds for kids are enjoying a growth spurt in interest and advertising. But that begs the question: are kids ready for such a grown-up reality online? At a recent conference on virtual worlds ...
YouTube is under fire over its handling of kids’ data and ads on children’s content, with advocacy groups requesting the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) probe the ...
Google has placed ads for hundreds of brands — including major advertisers such as Kimberly-Clark, General Motors and Procter & Gamble — on “made for kids” YouTube videos that may have triggered ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A House subcommittee is investigating ...
The Federal Trade Commission held an event Wednesday focused on the problem of “stealth” advertising in content geared towards children, where it’s difficult to differentiate between marketing and ...
A study carried out by Adelaide's Flinders University indicates that 80% of food advertisements broadcast during television programmes targeted at children are for junk food. Just one in five adverts ...