Rejected petition Adverts on children’s app’s should be age appropriate

Adverts should have to be age appropriate on children’s apps, such as games, videos etc and this should be enforced

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I was recently playing on an ipad game with my 3 year old nephew and he constantly had apps advertised that showed nudity and were for games that are shown as 18+, despite the app him played being for 3+

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

There are already rules that ban age inappropriate ads being targeted at children and young people under 18: https://www.asa.org.uk/static/72a4e889-1657-43e9-bf6ac0157fa2f72c/Age-restricted-ads-online-2021-guidance.pdf

The Advertising Standards Agency is responsible for enforcing these rules. If you would like to complain about an advert you have seen, you can find out how to do so here: https://www.asa.org.uk/make-a-complaint.html

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Date submitted 25 December 2022
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