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# TITLE: Should we ban all advertising for children under the age of 18? [7e1ff000bcbf2f1e4878a3f5b1e654dc]
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# PUBLICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# MODIFICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# NUMBER ALTERNATIVES: 4
# NUMBER VOTERS: 5
# NUMBER UNIQUE ORDERS: 3
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 1: Statement 1 - “We don’t believe that advertising should be banned for children under the age of 18. We believe that a child's mind is too impressionable and therefore advertising should be regulated. We believe that advertising is key in terms of income for companies, especially in the current economic climate. However, we do believe that certain advertising should be banned and regulated. This includes advertising alcohol and cigarettes, which can have detrimental effects on children and young people. Also, adverts with sexual content or that promote dangerous/drugs/intoxicating substances should be banned. Adverts for children should also be regulated in terms of content. For example, they should not encourage children to become fat and unhealthy or advertise a range of other products that are not suitable for children and have the potential to be harmful.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 2: Statement 2 - Advertising should not be banned for children under 18, but there should be stricter regulations for advertising that has the potential to be harmful to children. This includes advertising that encourages children to become fat and unhealthy, and advertising that encourages children to buy alcohol and cigarettes.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 3: Statement 3 - “We believe that advertising in some form should remain. However, it should follow certain guidelines. Unnecessary products like alcohol, cigarettes, and sexually explicit adverts should be regulated. Also adverts that promote dangerous/drugs/intoxicating substances should be banned. Advertising that targets under 18s should always be regulated to ensure that the children/young people can make their own informed choices and will not be convinced into purchasing something that they really don’t want or need” That was a typical example of a set of opinions, feedbacks and eventual consensus agreement that would be expressed by a group of adult members of this b6 FCT. The same
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 4: Statement 4 - “We don’t believe that advertising should be banned for children under the age of 18. We believe that a child's mind is too impressionable and therefore advertising should be regulated. We believe that advertising is key in terms of income for companies, especially in the current economic climate. However, we do believe that certain advertising should be banned and regulated. This includes advertising alcohol and cigarettes, which can have detrimental effects on children and young people. Also, adverts with sexual content or that promote dangerous/drugs/intoxicating substances should be banned. Adverts for children should also be regulated in terms of content. For example, they should not encourage children to become fat and unhealthy or advertise a range of other products that are not suitable for children and have the potential to be harmful. However, this should not be to the point where all advertising for children is banned. Advertising is part of culture and children should be able to see adverts for products that are suitable for their age range. Children should also be able to make their own choices about what they buy and what they want to see advertised to them. Advertising can also be educational and help children to learn about the world around them and how it works.”
3: 4,1,3,2
1: 1,2,4,3
1: 3,4,1,2