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		hannasanarion on Jan 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Better protecting kids’ privacy on YouTube Accurate enough that they sell it to advertisers who want children to see their ads. If their demographic detection was bad, they would have no revenue and no customers since that's the flagship product that they are selling.

lern_too_spel on Jan 6, 2020 [–]

The lowest age range YouTube Ads lets you target is 18-24.

hannasanarion on Jan 7, 2020 | [–]

There are plenty of age proxies that youtube happily lets advertisers target. Advertisers can tell youtube "Show my ad to fans of Peppa Pig".

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