I would say they shouldn’t be targeted. You can’t just say they can’t be exposed to it because there is literally no way to enforce that without just say no more ads ever.
Yeah I don't think it's immediately practical or anything, but I do think on more of a broad social level we should limit ads generally and of course ban targeting children and advertising drugs. As a parent right now how it is, yes, it's definitely just not possible to control that beyond a certain point.
But if everyone has to teach their children to be wary of advertising, why not regulate it a little more tightly? It's not exactly a force of nature or just a fella making his way about. It's a behemoth industry that has grown to the point of being able to influence its regulation independent of the interest of the public. And I don't like them.
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u/AstronautExcellent17 2d ago
Children shouldn't be exposed to advertisements at all, and many advertising techniques aimed at adults shouldn't be legal either.