[boublepop]

I really hate the biased terminology and implied accusations that always follow these articles. Imagine McDonalds getting similar coverage back in the early 90’ies with them talking about their “dangerous growth at all cost strategy” and evil “psychological tricks of putting billboards on the roads that pass by the restaurants locations” Or the ever present toy commercials sprinkled in between childrens tv shows.

There’s no grand conspiracy or evil masterminds here, and teens aren’t being exploited. It’s just marketing targeting the target audience.

If we bought into the premise that adverts for teens where bad for them or that Facebook itself is harmful. We should not be discussing which ways they carried out their advertisement, we should be discussing how the government outlawed all forms of advertisement, print and media for teens and children and shut Facebook down along with all other social media.

[doomrobo]

Good point I'd love to have that discussion. Advertising to children should be illegal. Does anyone know of existing bills or proposals in this direction?