Advocates: Stop Targeting Children with Ads in “New York Times for Kids”

A coalition of consumer and privacy advocates called on the New York Times to make its new Times for Kids section free of advertising. The advocates’ letter is a response to the November 19, 2017 supplement, in which 5 of the 16 pages were full-page ads directed at children for Google Home Mini.   In a letter they sent to the Times today, the groups document how the supplement targeted vulnerable kids with marketing for an internet-connected device which could endanger children’s privacy and welfare.  The groups say the cartoon ads…

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