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View our privacy policyBig tech is lying about the real age ratings of apps– let’s make them come clean
App stores are raking it in by tricking children and parents over age ratings. The number they show at the top of the page often has nothing to do with the number hidden away in the small print that determines how they harvest data and serve hyper-targeted ads.
So an app that’s supposed to be safe for younger kids could wind up putting them in the firing line of ads and paid content aimed at much older children and adults.
Big tech is making cash by hiding the age range for ads in the small print – it’s time to take on this dangerous trick.
Tech giants are hiding the age range for apps in the small print, so they can hand out surveillance ads and rake in money off the backs of our kids.
