October 2018

US Agency for Global Media vows to investigate broadcast report that called George Soros a ‘multimillionaire Jew’

John Lansing, CEO and director of the US Agency for Global Media (formerly known as the Broadcasting Board of Governors), which oversees Radio and Television Martí’s parent office, said that a probe is underway of a Spanish-language program describing George Soros as a “multimillionaire Jew” and espousing conspiracy theories about the billionaire philanthropist. The 15-minute segment was aired in May by Radio and Television Martí, which broadcasts news and other programs promoting US interests to audiences in Cuba.

Your Kid’s Apps Are Crammed With Ads

In apps marketed for children 5 and under in the Google Play store, there were pop-up ads with disturbing imagery. There were ads that no child could reasonably be expected to close out of, and which, when triggered, would send a player into more ads. Dancing treasure chests would give young players points for watching video ads, potentially endlessly. The vast majority of ads were not marked at all. Characters in children’s games gently pressured the kids to make purchases, a practice known as host-selling, banned in children’s TV programs in 1974 by the Federal Trade Commission.

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