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YouTube stars encouraging children to eat more unhealthy food, study suggests

Posted May 29, 2018 / Food Marketing, Marketing to kids, News, Social Media, YouTube 0 0 0

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...

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Amazon Echo recorded a couple’s conversation, then sent audio to someone they know

Posted May 25, 2018 / News 0 0 0

Amazon 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...

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Child campaigners to Zuckerberg: scrap Messenger Kids

Posted May 25, 2018 / Facebook, Marketing to kids, News 0 0 0

Child 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...

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Public Citizen Urges Missouri School District to Reconsider Plans to Allow Marketing on School Properties, Websites and Apps

Posted May 9, 2018 / Campaign Updates, News, School Advertising 0 0 0

Public 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...

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As GDPR looms, marketers demand GDPR compliance from tech and media suppliers

Posted May 3, 2018 / Data collection, GDPR, News, Privacy 0 0 0

As 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...

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FTC, FDA Take Action Against Companies Marketing E-liquids That Resemble Children’s Juice Boxes, Candies, and Cookies

Posted May 1, 2018 / e-cigarettes, Marketing to kids, News 0 0 0

FTC, 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...

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US agency cracks down on Juul e-cigarette popular in schools

Posted April 25, 2018 / Cigarettes, e-cigarettes, Marketing to kids, News 0 0 0

US 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...

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What If We Didn’t… advertise food to children?

Posted April 25, 2018 / Food Marketing, Marketing to kids, News 0 0 0

What 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...

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Instagram Stories have become traffic drivers for publishers and influencers

Posted April 19, 2018 / Influencer Marketing, Instagram, Instagram Endorsements, News, Social Media 0 0 0

Instagram 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...

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ADS OR NOT? DJ KHALED FACES SCRUTINY OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS PLUGGING BOOZE BRANDS

Posted April 11, 2018 / Alcohol Advertising, Campaign Updates, News 0 0 0

ADS 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...

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Netflix Pulls the Plug on Feature Designed to Get Kids Addicted to Netflix

Posted March 15, 2018 / News, Television 0 0 0

Netflix 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...

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Elimination of Alcohol Ads From New York City Public Transit System Is a Win for Public Health

Posted October 26, 2017 / Campaign Updates 0 0 0

Oct. 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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