Laugh & Learn

CCFC has filed complaints with the FTC against Fisher-Price and Open Solutions for misleading marketing of “Laugh and Learn” educational mobile and tablet apps.

Popeye Says Eat Your Spinach

Something amazing happened at our dinner table.  My daughter got into a fight with her brother (that’s not the amazing part) about who could eat the last of the –…

Waist Not?

The mystery of the expanding pants.

Cash-Gifting Tables Scheme Under Scrutiny

Federal officials continue to investigate case in Conn.

Craigslist Apartments Double as Credit-Score Traps

Craigslist, an online classified section with ads for jobs, love, severely over- and under-priced furniture, and apartments, among other things, can be a font of opportunity for the Internet savvy.…

Preventing Kids from Smoking is Still a Battle

According to the FDA, every day almost 3,500 kids pick up their first cigarette.  What’s worse is that a quarter of those kids (850 of them) become daily cigarette smokers.…

Talking to Kids about Deceptive Advertising

Teach your children well, about ads.

Federal Laws Governing Ads

There are many federal laws that regulate advertisements in some way or another.

How Ryan Kaji Became the Most Popular 10-Year-Old in the World

Belinda Luscombe, Time

The Preteen’s Guide to Getting Rich Off YouTube

Lucas Shaw & Mark Bergen, Bloomberg

Ryan Kaji, 9, earns $29.5m as this year’s highest-paid YouTuber

Rupert Neate, The Guardian

The Problematic Fakery Of Lil Miquela Explained—An Exploration Of Virtual Influencers and Realness

Matt Klein, Forbes

Marketers Wanted a New Generation to Target, Hence Alphas

Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED

Popular YouTube Toy Review Channel Accused of Blurring Lines for Ads

Tiffany Hsu, New York Times

POPULAR YOUTUBE TOY REVIEWER WHO’S JUST A KID UNDER SCRUTINY FOR ‘DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING’

AdAge

Bob’s Finds Some Unwanted Interest

Mitchell Young, Business New Haven

Verve energy drink turning college students into sales force

Michelle Celarier, New York Post

Vemma Health Claims

The Boy King of YouTube

Jay Caspian Kang, The New York Times Magazine

Amazon Brain Supplements Database