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I think a fair and reasonable advertisement policy is to ban all advertisements during "children's programming hours", or 0800 to 1600 when school is not in ses

I think a fair and reasonable advertisement policy is to ban all advertisements during "children's programming hours", or 0800 to 1600 when school is not in session. During "Prime Time" hours of 0500-0800 and 1600-2300, adverts should be limited to luxury goods (e.g., fashion), government PSAs, and non-addictive goods or services (NO drugs, NO tobacco, NO gambling, and NO stock trading, to name but a few). Between 2300 and 0400, allow "free reign" on subscription channels but still bar "vice" or addiction ads. We've got a century of data showing laissez-faire approaches to advertising results in maximum harm to a society, and ample recent data from the internet age showing how dark patterns in psychology are exploited by advertisers to drive outcomes. We have to do better, and the UK's step is at least an attempt to stem the harm. I can't fault entities from at least trying to do better.

chgs 2y ago
Daytime tv is all about brainwashing wealthy retired people. Still not as bad as those weird country which advertise prescription medicine
alexchamberlain 2y ago
I wonder what proportion of children are still watching mainstream TV? My son (4) mainly watches Disney+ and Netflix.
- fn-mote 2y ago
  Choosing streaming services will be correlated to income. Netflix (medium $) and Disney+ (high $$). The less wealthy are watching YouTube with ads included.
lmm 2y ago
Children are the people least able to destroy their own lives through spending, so that feels pretty backwards. I think it's generally accepted that people who grow up around e.g. alcohol tend to have a healthier relationship with it than people who are suddenly exposed to it as an adult.
- BehindBlueEyes 2y ago
  But they are among the most impressionable and it is effective to target the parents via kids nagging them.
BehindBlueEyes 2y ago
Add to your list to ban medical advertisement to the vice and addiction bar. Do you feel like your knee itches sometime? You may have BSitis, ask your doctor if our product is right for you... Replace all these with a generic, if you feel sick, go see a doctor, that's what they are for if needed.

chgs 2y ago

Daytime tv is all about brainwashing wealthy retired people. Still not as bad as those weird country which advertise prescription medicine

alexchamberlain 2y ago

I wonder what proportion of children are still watching mainstream TV? My son (4) mainly watches Disney+ and Netflix.

fn-mote 2y ago
Choosing streaming services will be correlated to income. Netflix (medium $) and Disney+ (high $$). The less wealthy are watching YouTube with ads included.

lmm 2y ago

Children are the people least able to destroy their own lives through spending, so that feels pretty backwards. I think it's generally accepted that people who grow up around e.g. alcohol tend to have a healthier relationship with it than people who are suddenly exposed to it as an adult.

BehindBlueEyes 2y ago
But they are among the most impressionable and it is effective to target the parents via kids nagging them.

BehindBlueEyes 2y ago

Add to your list to ban medical advertisement to the vice and addiction bar. Do you feel like your knee itches sometime? You may have BSitis, ask your doctor if our product is right for you... Replace all these with a generic, if you feel sick, go see a doctor, that's what they are for if needed.