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lightbyte on April 20, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: McDonald's Real Estate: How They Really Make Their...

You personally might not be able to, but there is a lot of research that shows children can't always understand that they are watching an advertisement, and what that entails. That's why the US has lots of regulations regarding advertising to children.

67726e on April 20, 2017 [–]

> That's why the US has lots of regulations regarding advertising to children.

We have regulation on advertisements to children? That's a little surprising.

icebraining on April 20, 2017 | | [–]

https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/public_sta...

lightbyte on April 20, 2017 | | [–]

This one is more on the data collection side of advertising, but I'd say it's still relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Pr...

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