YouTube stars encouraging children to eat more unhealthy food, study suggests Mirror Social media stars could be encouraging youngsters to eat more unhealthy food and drink, a new study suggests. Research found that children who watch popular...
READ MOREAmazon Echo recorded a couple’s conversation, then sent audio to someone they know Los Angeles Times HAMZA SHABAN Apparently, one of the Amazon.com Inc. Alexa-powered Echo devices in their home had silently sent recordings to the caller...
READ MOREChild campaigners to Zuckerberg: scrap Messenger Kids The Guardian Samuel Gibbs More than 21,000 child health advocates are petitioning Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to “pull the plug” on the company’s Messenger Kids app aimed at under...
READ MOREPublic Citizen Urges Missouri School District to Reconsider Plans to Allow Marketing on School Properties, Websites and Apps WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Wentzville School District should reverse its plan to allow corporate advertising on school...
READ MOREAs GDPR looms, marketers demand GDPR compliance from tech and media suppliers Digiday Seb Joseph For once in media, advertisers and publishers are on the same page. Like publishers, advertisers are racing to purge their supply chains of ad tech...
READ MOREFTC, FDA Take Action Against Companies Marketing E-liquids That Resemble Children’s Juice Boxes, Candies, and Cookies Federal Trade Commission As part of ongoing efforts to protect youth from the dangers of nicotine and tobacco products, today...
READ MOREUS agency cracks down on Juul e-cigarette popular in schools Boston Globe Matthew Perrone Federal health officials Tuesday announced a nationwide crackdown on underage use of a popular e-cigarette brand following months of complaints from...
READ MOREWhat If We Didn’t… advertise food to children? Mic Kate Bratskeir Ba-da-ba-ba-bah, I’m lovin’ it. Can you think back to the first time you heard this little ditty? The McDonald’s jingle debuted in 2003, crooned by newly solo artist Justin...
READ MOREInstagram Stories have become traffic drivers for publishers and influencers Digiday Tim Peterson Facebook’s algorithm change earlier this year highlighted that the audiences that publishers and influencers cultivated in these walled-garden...
READ MOREADS OR NOT? DJ KHALED FACES SCRUTINY OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS PLUGGING BOOZE BRANDS AdAge E.J. Schultz A collection of watchdog groups has done the impossible: They slowed down DJ Khaled’s brand plugs on social media, at least for alcohol...
READ MORENetflix Pulls the Plug on Feature Designed to Get Kids Addicted to Netflix Vanity Fair YOHANA DESTA Netflix will never stop finding new ways to make its users even more obsessed with Netflix. The streaming platform has largely succeeded in that...
READ MOREOct. 25, 2017 Elimination of Alcohol Ads From New York City Public Transit System Is a Win for Public Health Statement of Kristen Strader, Campaign Coordinator, Public Citizen’s Commercial Alert Note: Today, New York City’s Metropolitan...
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