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		WarmWash 22 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark socia... Children are an extremely valuable ad target. They have their hands directly on their parents heart strings, and their parents have a credit card. This isn't anything new, think about the toy ads we had on TV when we were young.

AlienRobot 22 days ago [–]

I guess you are right. I assumed that something like Youtube Kids would have no ads at all given the audience, but it seems it does have ads targeted at young children. Bleak world we live in.

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