{
  "id": 7633,
  "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.05653v2",
  "title": "The DSA's Blind Spot: Algorithmic Audit of Advertising and Minor Profiling on TikTok",
  "summary": "Adolescents spend an increasing amount of their time in digital environments where their still-developing cognitive capacities leave them unable to recognize or resist commercial persuasion. Article 28(2) of the DSA responds to this vulnerability by prohibiting profiling-based advertising to minors. However, the regulation's narrow definition of \"advertisement\" excludes current advertising practices including influencer paid partnerships and brand promotional content that serve functionally equi",
  "authors": "Sara Solarova, Matej Mosnar, Matus Tibensky, Jan Jakubcik, Adrian Bindas, Simon Liska et al.",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "regulation,children-education,transparency,environment",
  "orgs": "bytedance",
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-03-05T20:02:48.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:33:21.050Z",
  "source_slug": "arxiv-ethics",
  "source_name": "arXiv",
  "source_homepage": "https://arxiv.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/7633",
  "original_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.05653v2",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}