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Duolingo Ad with Adult Content

2 pointsby amirmalekialmost 4 years ago
I was using Duolingo to learn French, and after my lesson this showed up:<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;1NkRZq4<p>Isn&#x27;t Duolingo an app for every age?<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;apps&#x2F;details?id=com.duolingo<p>I know they aren&#x27;t in charge of the advertisement and they do it via a third party, but what the hell... What if they show this to a minor? What if a child was learning a language on my phone? :)

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lhoriealmost 4 years ago
No, Duolingo is not for all ages, the Duolingo Kids app is the product designed for kids.<p>It&#x27;s similar to Youtube in that regard. An &quot;Everyone&quot; rating on play store doesn&#x27;t mean an app meets regulations related to user age, you need to read the EULA to understand where an app stands legally. For example: letting the user upload a photo avatar runs afoul of COPPA.<p>As for why you&#x27;re seeing that ad, it has to do with browsing history tracking by ad networks... (I started to get contextual ads after looking at a specific niche elsewhere myself)<p>(Disclaimer: my brother works at Duolingo)
amirmalekialmost 4 years ago
And I also wanna mention that the advertised app, SAX Video Player, is not an adult app.<p>They are just advertising it that way, and I think it makes it even worse.