Child advocates slam YouTube Kids in complaint to FTC

The new YouTube Kids video app definitely isn’t TV: If it were, its heavy advertising content and cheerful blending of commerce and entertainment would probably be illegal, because commercial television aimed at children is governed by strict regulations. Now a coalition is asking the FTC to investigate the service, which one expert called “the most hyper-commercialized media environment for children I have ever seen.”

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