Stop PG-13 Blockbusters from Targeting Preschoolers
In response to a complaint filed by CCFC in 2007, the Federal Trade Commission urged the Motion Picture Association of America—the self-regulating body of Hollywood movie studios that administers film ratings in the United States—to develop a policy to “ensure that PG-13 movies are not marketed in a manner inconsistent with their rating.” Sixteen months later, the MPAA has not honored that request, and children's television stations continue to barrage young viewers with ads for violent PG-13 movies and their related merchandise. The PG-13 rating bears the warning “Parents strongly cautioned: Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.”
Since March, CCFC has logged over 3,000 ads on children’s TV channels for five PG-13 films: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen; Terminator Salvation; Star Trek; X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and the upcoming GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Last month CCFC sent another letter to the FTC documenting the continued failure of the movie industry’s self-regulation, and urging the Commission to take action.
Now the FTC needs to hear from you. Use the form below to sign CCFC's petition to the FTC urging them to stop the marketing of violent PG-13 films to young children. We’ll deliver the petition, along with your comments, to the FTC before the August 7th premiere of the last of this summer’s violent PG-13 blockbusters, GI Joe -- rated PG-13 for “strong sequences of action violence and mayhem throughout.”
Please enter your additional comments to the FTC below.
3748
February 28, 2013
Stacey Soaulding
Littleton, CO
3747
February 28, 2013
Stacey Soaulding
Littleton, CO
3746
August 15, 2012
Jean Smith
Mt Angel, OR
3745
August 06, 2012
Isobel Erickson
Lake Oswego, OR
THIS IS AN EMERGENCY! Our children are suffering & one young girl lost her life recently due, in part, to the targeting of young children for pg-13 & R rated movies!!!
3744
June 23, 2012
Martha Small
Colonial Heights, VA
3743
June 10, 2012
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A 30 minute show contains 80% advertising. 80% of the advertising is false advertising. I trusted the FTC would monitor ALL ads for untruthfulness
3742
April 26, 2012
Joe Horihan
MN, MN
What goes in through our eyes and into our minds comes out in our lives. Let's turn things arund for the sake of future generations!
3741
July 19, 2011
Ryan Hyma
Austin, TX
3740
June 07, 2011
Jennifer Fleenor
Portland, OR
3739
February 10, 2011
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3738
October 14, 2010
carolina caicedo
miami, FL
3737
October 13, 2010
Kelly Larson
Grosse Pointe, MI
Yes, as a responsible parent I can prevent my children from seeing inappropriate movies and TV shows, but advertising is a completely different issue. Please regulate violent ads where children can see them on billboards, Internet and daytime TV, etc.
3736
October 11, 2010
Lindsey Zucker
Lake Worth, FL
3735
October 10, 2010
Amy Roode
Rochester, NY
3734
October 06, 2010
taline Gharibian
La Crescenta, CA
3733
September 29, 2010
Lindsey Gruen
Albuquerque, NM
3732
September 28, 2010
Jennie Janzen
Cincinnati, OH
3731
September 23, 2010
Shauna Thomas
Portland, OR
3730
June 07, 2011
Shaun-Adrian Chofla
Sacramento, CA
3729
September 01, 2010
siobhan cafferty
chicago, IL
3728
August 26, 2010
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August 10, 2010
Stacy Eddy
CM, CA
3726
June 07, 2011
Shaun-Adrian Chofla
Sacramento, CA
3725
July 29, 2010
Dena Woods
Saint Louis, MO
When I take my child to see a movie he wants to see, I am shocked at the content and subject matter of some of the movies. But since my child see' s child character's that he looks up to, he automatically thinks he wants to see the movie.