"WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO HARM US PAY A HEAVY PRICE": This was the message from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was in an ad discovered by a 6-year-old boy playing a video game.

Article by Reuters: Israeli government-promoted ads made their way into several mobile games, exposing users to graphic images that the Israeli government uses to justify its military actions.

    • squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPMEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Not necessarily. Both sides have the possibilities to opt out. Neither bothered to do it. Besides the fact that advertisers in general can choose specific target audiences according to metrics such as age brackets. That Israel’s relevant governmental agency didn’t bother to specify that their ads weren’t suited for certain audiences is entirely on them.