03 Apr, 2024 Are Candy Canes for Kids? By Jeff Greenbaum Do candy canes have special attractiveness to kids? That was the issue in a recent decision issued by the Distilled Spirits Council of...
05 Oct, 2023 CARU Releases "Metaverse Guardrails" Outlining Best Practices for Advertising to Children in the Metaverse By Jordyn Milewski This week, the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) released its “Metaverse Guardrails” which it says are “intended to be a set of...
14 Apr, 2023 NY AG Secures Largest ($462 Million) Multistate Agreement with JUUL By Jordyn Milewski Yesterday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the largest multistate agreement with JUUL Labs, Inc., in the amount of $462...
06 Feb, 2023 DISCUS Says Fireball Whisky's "Adult Trick-or-Treat" Promotion Violates its Guidelines That Prohibit Advertising Appealing to Children By Jeff Greenbaum For Halloween, the Sazerac Company launched a Halloween-themed promotion which entailed selling "adult trick-or-treat" bags filled with...
24 Aug, 2022 CARU Issues Compliance Warning Regarding Children's Advertising in the Metaverse By Jeff Greenbaum BBB National Programs' Children's Advertising Review Unit issued a Compliance Warning, advising marketers that CARU's advertising...
23 Aug, 2022 FTC Says it Wants to Hear More About Kids, But Not About Cars By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just made two announcements related to opportunities to submit comments related to kids and cars. Kids In...
27 May, 2022 Part IV -- FTC's Proposed Revisions to the Endorsement Guides (Experts, Organizations, and Kids) By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission released its long-awaited, proposed revisions to its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements...
21 Oct, 2021 UNICEF Releases Playbook to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum UNICEF just released, "Promoting diversity and inclusion in advertising: a UNICEF playbook," which provides guidance about how to avoid...
15 Sep, 2021 In Divided Vote, FTC Authorizes New Compulsory Process Resolutions, Signaling Areas of FTC Focus By Jeff Greenbaum In a 3-2 vote, the Federal Trade Commission authorized eight new compulsory process resolutions, which will allow FTC staff to conduct...
03 Sep, 2021 Does "Side-Impact Tested" Mean That the Product Provides Increased Safety in Side-Impact Collisions? By Jeff Greenbaum In a lawsuit against Graco Children's Products, the plaintiffs alleged that Graco advertised that certain booster seats that the company...
27 Jul, 2021 Facebook Announces New Limits on Ad Targeting to Children By Jeff Greenbaum Today, Facebook announced a number of changes related to the use of Facebook and Instagram by children, including some changes affecting...
10 May, 2021 Attorneys General Urge Facebook to Drop Plans for Instagram for Kids By Jeff Greenbaum Forty-four state attorneys general sent a letter to Facebook, urging the company to abandon its plans to launch a version of Instagram...
19 Feb, 2021 CARU Encourages Advertisers to Focus on Diversity and Inclusion By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, in a blog post, the Children's Advertising Review Unit encouraged children's advertisers to focus on diversity and inclusion...
19 Oct, 2020 CARU Says: Discord Is Not Directed At Children Under 13 By Mma Afoaku In this day and age, there is a proliferation of social media networks which enable people from different ages and walks of life to...
18 Aug, 2020 CARU Calls Out National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board for Depicting Unsafe Behavior on Television By Jeff Greenbaum The Children's Advertising Review Unit, which is a division of BBB National Programs, recently told the National Fluid Milk Processor...
17 Aug, 2020 ICPEN Releases Best Practice Principles for Marketing to Children Online By Jeff Greenbaum The International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network, which is an organization of consumer protection authorities from more than...