Despite being protected against advertisements of tobacco, alcohol, and gambling, children who use social media are still exposed to a health risk in the form of junk food advertisements from junk food companies. The bad news is, there are hardly any restrictions to these kinds of advertisements. This recent study reveals that this is happening on a global scale, which means that kids all around the world are “heavily exposed to unhealthy food marketing, including on TV, online and through outdoor advertising.”
In our study, we focused on the 16 largest social media platforms globally. These included platforms popular with children, such as Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat and Facebook.
We examined each platform's advertising policies related to food and drinks.
We found none of the social media platforms have comprehensive restrictions on the advertising of unhealthy foods to children.
More details about this study over at MedicalXpress.
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Duh how come the interweb is free?
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