December 22nd, 2005
A New Digital Playground for Kids
By Thomas Crampton
International Herald Tribune
Commercial Alert, a U.S. consumer advocacy group founded by the activist, Ralph Nader, warned in a letter to the U.S. Congress in July that companies do in fact target children for direct sales. The letter cited a Barbie-branded phone planned by Mattel, a Hasbro mobile phone for children called “Chat Now” and the company Enfora, which announced plans to offer mobile phone services targeting children as young as 6.
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