KidAdLaw News

• Climb in Childhood Obesity May Be Slowing

  July 2, 2008 - There appears to be some initial optimistic news on the childhood obesity front-the rate of obesity among children and adolescents has not increased since 1999, according to the results of a recent study.

• WHO Calls for Tobacco Ad Ban

  July 2, 2008 - The World Health Organization is calling on governments around the world to implement a global ban on tobacco advertising. Currently, about 5 percent of the world's population is covered by "comprehensive bans" on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, WHO states.

• FTC Urges Parents To Keep Booze From Kids

  July 2, 2008 - Summer is the time when teen deaths caused by drunk driving peak, as well as when teens are at high risk for starting to drink, the Federal Trade Commission notes.

• Acne Treatment Yanked From Kids Programming

  July 2, 2008 - How young is too young to start worrying about pimples? Well, for starters, kids should not be encouraged to try a product that is labeled, "keep out of reach of children," according to the Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU).

• More Sites Agree to Privacy Changes

  July 2, 2008 - In its ongoing campaign to obtain compliance with federal privacy laws, the Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU) has requested that two websites revise their age screening mechanisms.

• Child Advocacy Groups Weigh in on FCC Indecency Case

  July 2, 2008 - A coalition of children's advocacy groups have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve the power of the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the broadcast airwaves in the interest of children.

KidAdLaw Features

• U.S. Report Casts Doubt on Safety of Baby Bottle Plastic

  April 24, 2008 - An arm of the U.S. Department of Health has issued a draft report linking a chemical found in hard plastics, such as those used for baby and beverage bottles, with the development of cancer and early onset of female puberty in laboratory animals.

Previous Features

• FCC Officials Provide Advertisers With Self-Regulatory Road Map

  March 25, 2008 - Federal Communications Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate offered some "inside baseball" advice to advertisers recently-step up self-regulation or else. Addressing the Association of National Advertisers in February, Commissioner Tate warned that failure to change could mean regulatory-or even legislative intervention.

• CARU Strikes Agreement With MPAA

  March 5, 2008 - The advertisement of PG-13 movies in children's media (including television shows, websites and kids' publications) and has been a thorny issue for both the advertising and movie industries.

• Virtual Worlds for Children: An Introduction to the Issues

  March 4, 2008 - Virtual worlds began as the preserve of a few dedicated online gamers, however evolved fast and now involve members of the public with no interest in gaming and, increasingly, children. Joseph I. Rosenbaum, a Partner in the New York office of Reed Smith LLP, examines the wide variety of virtual worlds targeted at children, touching on issues including privacy protection and excessive marketing.

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