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The FTC Criticize Marketers of Violet Music, Movies and Video Games

FTC Renews Call to Entertainment Industry to Curb Marketing of Violent Entertainment to Children Marketers of violent music, movies, and video games can do more to restrict the promotion of these products to children, according to the seventh in a series of Federal Trade Commission reports on marketing violent entertainment to children. “The Commission has been reviewing and reporting on the movie, music, and video game industries’ advertising and marketing practices relating… Read More

Category: CCFC, Entertainment, Family Tags: DVDs, Entertainment, Federal Trade Commission, Marketing, Parental Advisory Label, PG-13, Violence

Take Action: Stop PG-13 Blockbusters from Targeting Preschoolers

Stop PG-13 Blockbusters from Targeting Preschoolers In response to a complaint filed by CCFC in 2007, the Federal Trade Commission urged the Motion Picture Association of America—the self-regulating body of Hollywood movie studios that administers film ratings in the United States—to develop a policy to “ensure that PG-13 movies are not marketed in a manner inconsistent with their rating.” Sixteen months later, the MPAA has not honored that request, and children’s television… Read More