For children, navigating the internet has become second nature. E-learning platforms in particular have become an integral part of their lives. Unfortunately, the ads they’re exposed to are not suitable for their age.
Do you genuinely think reliable medical tests are being targeted at you through ads?
Nope, but that is an entirely different problem. Major platforms have to be legislated to tightly control which ads they run. The amount of misinformation spread through ads is enormous.
Also, a depression test? Some people certainly would benefit from knowing that a) no, showing these symptoms is neither normal nor healthy, and b) there can be something done against this.
If you acknowledge that the “depression tests” which show up in targetted ads are not reliable, then I think we both realize a) and b) are not the goals of these tests. Making money is.
So people actually wouldn’t benefit from seeing this, it might actually harm them by giving a bad impression and push them away from legitimate mental health professionals.
Nope, but that is an entirely different problem. Major platforms have to be legislated to tightly control which ads they run. The amount of misinformation spread through ads is enormous.
or maybe which age groups are allowed to see them?
There’s no way to enforce that without massive privacy violations.
You want to be asked to scan your ID every time you use a mature website?
Is it? In your last comment you had said?
If you acknowledge that the “depression tests” which show up in targetted ads are not reliable, then I think we both realize a) and b) are not the goals of these tests. Making money is.
So people actually wouldn’t benefit from seeing this, it might actually harm them by giving a bad impression and push them away from legitimate mental health professionals.