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FTC Blasts Hollywood For Selling R-Rated Content to Kids

by DFCS on December 6, 2009

FromĀ  member Elisabeth Rappe:

The FTC wants Hollywood to think of the children. The New York Times reports that the FTC has blasted the film industry for “explicit and pervasive targeting of young children,” specifically by advertising PG-13 and R-rated films during TV shows and websites that may attract younger audiences. The “unrated” DVD craze is also said to be geared at corrupting the youth, as the films up the gore ante on films originally given a PG-13 or R rating, and retailers routinely sell R-rated DVDs to kids under 17.

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