This Is How Social Media Casino Ads Are Destroying Kids’ Lives!

[Outhue]

Regulations in most countries are not so good😔, they take their eye off this kind of thing like they don't care, if you find yourself to be from such countries it's better to take full responsibility as a parent or guardian and protect those kids from what they consumes this days, information is good but too much of it will expose them to thinks that will hurt their growth as good kids.

Gone are the days where you leave some responsibility to your kid's teacher and guardians, you need to look more into what they do on their free times and who they look up to, kids of today are too smart for my liking as they learn very fast from everything, both good and bad.

[Moreno233]

casino is illegal in my country and government blocked a lot of gambling websites,
govt are very strict to protect people's from gambling, but social media an easy accesible to everyone even kinds are using social media,
casino platforms target to their aggressive marketing strategies in social media platform,
it’s difficult to totally stop casino advertisement from social media,
so guardian should teach their childrens to avoid gambling.

If gambling is illegal in your country with government blocking gambling sites, how do you gamble? Assuming you found your way around it, what will be the punishment be if they find out that you gamble despite gambling being proscribed in your country? Should I assume that you don't gamble to remain a law abiding citizen? Here is different, we are free to gamble all we want without any restriction and the job of protecting ourselves and our kids is in our hands. I can't imagine myself living in a country where I cannot exercise my freedom such as being allowed to gamble.

[junder]

It's difficult to protect children from social media nowadays, which has become a daily necessity for everyone, but perhaps it can be done with good parental education. For example, one parent educates their child very disciplinedly, such as setting time rules for their child to use gadgets and cell phones. Although outside the family they may break them, if the education at home is successful, it can make the child not break them and focus more on other things than social media. The problem is undeniable, currently social media has become a necessity for everyone, even parents sometimes give gadgets to their fussy children by letting them watch videos of children their age.

[Merit.s]

If gambling is illegal in your country with government blocking gambling sites, how do you gamble? Assuming you found your way around it, what will be the punishment be if they find out that you gamble despite gambling being proscribed in your country? Should I assume that you don't gamble to remain a law abiding citizen? Here is different, we are free to gamble all we want without any restriction and the job of protecting ourselves and our kids is in our hands. I can't imagine myself living in a country where I cannot exercise my freedom such as being allowed to gamble.

If I'm in a country that gambling is highly prohibited, I will gamble online with cryptocurrency especially, bitcoin. This is the advantage of using bitcoin because provided you use it in a decentralized way, you wouldn't have any problem with the government for breaking the law.

Gambling is encouraging in my country because we have betting outlets everywhere you go both on the streets and the major roads. Gambling is part of human nature and there's nothing the government can do about it.

[IjawMan]

It's your job as a parent to teach your kids the dangers of gambling and how to be responsible with it. You cannot go through life holding your kids hand all the time, so if you educate them maybe they will surprise you. It sounds easy and it should be as easy as that, but it's not. Kids think they know it all and are never wrong. You just hope they pay attention to whatever morals and values you taught them. Keep them off social media til they're older or until you feel mature enough to handle the content they might see.

There are parents that have totally failed in that dimension and will get to regret it years later when the kids have grown to mature age with gambling addiction problem. This are the parents that dew to work and business appointments claim to be too busy to have family time to spend with their children to learn of their adolescent challenges and pressures.

At lest have the time to inculcate the values and instructions on way to go with your kids, as parents you will stand chance of having great kids that will listen to your instructions and live by it measured to those kids whose parents had no time to address and instruct in the manner responsible to live.

True it is that parents will no move hand in hand with the kids anywhere they go, but the words you give them will like a shadow go with them for a reminder on specific things and attitudes they are confronted with online and offline.

[qwertyup23]

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How can social media platforms help protect children from seeing gambling ads?

At this juncture, it is important to point out that the government has the control to regulate media and other advertisements within its jurisdiction. They even have the authority to block or restrict some advertisements being shown across the country if they truly want to pursue such mission of eliminating casino ads for the youth.

In the Philippines, some Cities have begun prohibiting any form of gambling advertisement within their local jurisdiction and area. Some internet service providers (or ISP) have also started to restrict unlicensed gambling websites and platforms that also makes it relatively difficult for anyone to gain access.

With that being said, the government still aims to increase their annual revenue for the year because they know that gambling is responsible for bringing tons of revenue. The problem is balancing the general welfare of the youth; and the revenue-generating stream of the government that ultimately benefits its citizens.

[giammangiato]

In my opinion, the way online casinos are promoting themselves on social media is a real threat to the next generation. If nothing is done, it could encourage children to choose gambling over learning and make decisions that might harm their future.

I tried to limit direct ads in viewing children's content in several ways, but I was unable to disable ads 100% in this way.
The only thing I was able to do was install Youtube Kids in this specific case, significantly limiting the viewing of advertising and content that is not suitable for children.
However, there are no restrictive regulations for YouTube or other platforms like Twitter to limit this phenomenon.
Scrupulously monitoring, my children's activities and attention is never too much.

[DPHOR]

How can social media platforms help protect children from seeing gambling ads?

I think even with their promotion there is also age restriction to gambling, which if they are not of that age bracket they wouldn't be allowed to gamble if they asked about their kyc details or documentations, they could easily detects if they are not of age and would limit and restricts them from gambling. So, I don't see this to be an issues, because not only gambling site that are running promotions online. I have also comes across porn site running ads which is also another fact to look at because this can also destroys life of children who could be making use of the internet or social media.

[lovesmayfamilis]

In Australia, if I'm not mistaken, the government is planning to somehow restrict children's access to social media. I don't know how they plan to achieve this, but I think the idea is wonderful. It all started with good intentions. Social media was created with the idea of ​​connecting people around the world, but as the saying goes, everything can always be screwed up, which is exactly what happened. The internet has become a dump, a den of scammers, where young people can't navigate the internet properly and avoid getting into trouble. What needs to be done about this? As ridiculous as it may seem, we need to roll back technological advances; regression is necessary in this case so we can see healthy children free of addictions.

[Sammye3]

These days children are so exposed to viral contents in social media with or without their consent and subconsciously they learn from what they see and begin to display such characters over time.

Same as gambling as well, no matter what you tell a child it's still up to him to decide on whether to play or not because he could literally gamble behind your back as there are no strict restrictions for underages. So it's functional to educate them on values and morals that could build their personality so they don't get influenced by what they see online.

Providing for them just enough to take their attention away from online stuffs and above all commit them into God's hand for protection and guidance. No man knows it all and would always need support to train children.

[crwth]

I'm curious whether there's someone actually studying and testing this hypothesis that it affects a child's psychology. For sure, there is an effect; it just needs to be learned. Maybe checking out which social media has the most significant impact, and I do hope they can provide the data and be transparent about it.

[sokani]

Regulations is weak in most countries around the world, if not the Internet and social media should be under strong regulations, means that social media space be closely monitored by the government broadcasting body and let content that are published on social media be carefully scrutinized, gambling ads is at alarming rate on most social media apps even Banks apps are now promoting gambling by offering bonuses for deposits made into gambling accounts using their Bank.

Just recently, the Australian government passed a new legislation banning the use of social media by children, and I think other nations should learn from them. The responsibility to protect a child does not only fall on the parent but also on the government. Gambling ads are the least of our worries. Here are a few cases where children have died trying to perform a social media task or challenge and the government needs to do more to protect children.

• A 13-year-old died in Ohio after participating in a Benadryl TikTok ‘challenge’.
• Plea after girl, 13, died copying social media trend.
• 11-year-old boy dies after attempting viral ‘chroming’ social media challenge at sleepover.

[demonica]

There are really a lot of online gambling site ads on different social media platforms. Also, I've noticed even before that a lot of social media influencers are also promoting these gambling sites because these gambling sites pays them huge money to promote it. It's very tempting on the side of the influencers cause they only just have to include a part of mention it on their contents and they already get paid by it. However, the bad side of it is if these influencers have young and minor followers. They get exposed with these gambling platforms at a young age which can easily influence them to try it out of curiosity.

I do hope every local government will do something about this. People easily gets influenced by what they see on social media and a lot of kids are also always on their phone. They need to moderate and monitor the amount of gambling site ads especially these social media platforms are accessible by minors.

[Gozie51]

In my opinion, the way online casinos are promoting themselves on social media is a real threat to the next generation. If nothing is done, it could encourage children to choose gambling over learning and make decisions that might harm their future.

But they can't help it, if they have not gone against underage gambling regulation. So the bulk of the work is on the government. The government is to ensure regulation, control and penalize defaulting casino. Another important category is the parents who should be the primary regulator from the home front. The parents should not allow their children to be influenced by their peers in school because the second level of socialization is very important, that which can really push the children far away from moral training from home front. So, casinos are in for business, using the social media platforms to advertise what they have. Therefore, if they keep to regulatory values from government and their licensing bodies then it is left for the family system to control their children until they are of age to access gambling platforms.

How can social media platforms help protect children from seeing gambling ads?

To penalize defaulting casino who have contravened their regulating rules by ensuring that such advert are pulled down.

[davis196]

These days, online casinos are advertising a lot on social media, and I think this could be really harmful for kids in the future. Social media is a big part of everyone’s life now, and these gambling ads pop up in videos, posts, and stories everywhere. When young children see them and are tempted by the idea of making easy money, it can be dangerous.

Really? I thought that gambling ads are banned on almost all social media platforms. Are you talking about gambling influencers?
If you ever see a gambling ad on social media, you could report the ad. What is stopping you from reporting the ad?
How can kids and teenagers go through KYC verification, since they are under 18 years old? Who gives the kids and teenagers money, so that they can gamble? Their parents? If we focus on the crypto gambling industry, who gives kids and teenagers cryptocurrencies, so that they could gamble? Are they buying crypto with their moms credit card and ID card(purchasing crypto on major exchanges requires KYC)?
So many questions and no answers.

[Royal Cap]

It's difficult to protect children from social media nowadays, which has become a daily necessity for everyone, but perhaps it can be done with good parental education. For example, one parent educates their child very disciplinedly, such as setting time rules for their child to use gadgets and cell phones. Although outside the family they may break them, if the education at home is successful, it can make the child not break them and focus more on other things than social media. The problem is undeniable, currently social media has become a necessity for everyone, even parents sometimes give gadgets to their fussy children by letting them watch videos of children their age.

I think we often blame the problem on the children but in fact it is a matter of habit for the whole family. Both parents are under pressure at work, so as an easy solution for some peace, we give the phone to the child. Then it works temporarily but gradually it becomes their normal way of spending time. In my opinion the solution does not come in a day. It is a matter of patience. Spending time with children, talking, doing something together these are not easy, but these are the most effective. Banning social media increases curiosity but if they find a good alternative inside the house, the attraction to the phone gradually decreases.

[Maus0728]

How can social media platforms help protect children from seeing gambling ads?

Here is the easy answer for your question, limit your child's screen time and give them more active plays instead of just getting drowned out online. That is the best way to protect your children from gambling ads because the less time that they are playing with their phones means that they have less chances of getting exposed if not introduced to gambling ads. It is all too easy to blame casinos for this one but I think that it is the responsibility of the parent to be proactive in protecting their children from dangerous advertisements online because that shows how responsible you are as a parent and how deserving you are to be a parent.

[jcojci]

It needs parental attention to watch, guard, and monitor how they use their social media. The material on social media is openly available and not filtered so parents can activate the filter on their children's devices so their children will not see the gambling ads.

Although that will not prevent them from seeing gambling ads, at least it helps children not see gambling ads too often. Parents also need to explain why gambling can get them into trouble. With understanding, their children will not playing gambling and realize that they need to keep a distance from gambling ads.

With a good parenting, their children will not do anything harmful because they realize the risks. They will stay away from not good material that shows on social media.

[coin-investor]

In my opinion, the way online casinos are promoting themselves on social media is a real threat to the next generation. If nothing is done, it could encourage children to choose gambling over learning and make decisions that might harm their future.

The gambling industry is a highly competitive niche; they will market wherever they are allowed and will post whatever is permitted. Some casinos are doing deceptive marketing by hiring influencers and popular personalities and using manipulative ads, and social media is also a profit-oriented platform.
When these two platforms meet, they will only care about their own gain, so parents should pay attention to how their children surf the internet, don't rely on social media, be responsible, and look up to them.

[Oluwa-btc]

How can social media platforms help protect children from seeing gambling ads?

There should be a very good oversight function over the children, moreso scheduling when they are to make use of their smartphones should be put into consideration that way it'll limits their usage to social media apps that usually comes with gambling ads. And then again a proper orientation about gambling should be explained to them so just as they get expose they can be able to know how to face and tackle them.