I’m old enough to remember when age verification bills were pitched as a way to ‘save the kids from porn’ and shield them from other vague dangers lurking in the digital world (like…“the transgender”). We have long cautioned about the dangers of these laws, and pointed out why they are likely to...
If I was an advertiser for those products I’d be pissed that my ad dollars are going non targets anyway. So it would be a win win
advertising some products to kids will probably make them future customers. tobacco/vape/gambling etc.
Kids are the target of gambling ads because it conditions them into thinking it’s normal
I imagine other products see similar benefits