CategoryTechnology

YouTube’s Alleged Ad-Targeting of Kids

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In August 2023, consumer advocacy group Public Citizen sounded the alarm on X, accusing YouTube of a disturbing practice: serving ads for adult products like alcohol and gambling to children and sharing their data with brokers when they clicked. These allegations, if true, violate the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which safeguards kids under 13 from predatory online marketing...

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