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Episode Show Notes: A Different Playing Field. How is Advertising to Kids Different?



This week on Ad Watchers, hosts Dan Range, an attorney at the National Advertising Division (NAD), and Annie Ugurlayan, NAD’s Assistant Director, are joined by Rukiya Bonner, the director of the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU). This unit is a sister organization to NAD under the BBB National Programs umbrella. It exists to help companies comply with guidelines that protect children from deceptive advertising and ensure that children’s data is collected responsibly. In this episode, the three discuss the extra care required when advertising to children versus adults.

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A Different Playing Field. How is Advertising to Kids Different?



In 1974, NAD’s sister program, the Children’s Advertising Review Unit, or CARU, was established to monitor an area of national advertising not covered by NAD: the unique children’s marketplace. CARU’s role? To protect children under 13 from advertising that is misleading, inappropriate, or inconsistent with laws and guidelines.

In this episode of Ad Watchers, hosts Dan and Annie talk with Rukiya Bonner, the new Director of CARU, to discuss the nuances of monitoring this evolving marketplace.

For more information about this episode, read the show notes here.