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Google reportedly allowed Meta to target underage YouTubers with ads

The Financial Times reports Google ended the campaign when confronted

Google banned ads on YouTube that target users under the age of 18 in 2021. But, a report by the Financial Times claims that Google and Meta had a secret agreement that allowed Meta to target young YouTube users with ads for Instagram.

According to the report, the ads were aimed at users whose identities were classified as “unknown.” According to sources cited by the newspaper, ads targeting “unknown” users are developed to appeal to users under the age of 18 but older t...

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