An ad or a show? Some say YouTube Kids blurs the line

Pop quiz: Which of these are commercials?

A video describing what McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets are made of.

A video showing LEGO toys being opened and assembled.

A video in which characters from the Disney movie “Frozen” drink Sprite.

All appear on YouTube Kids, a new free app — described as “kid-friendly content” for “curious little minds” — that mixes ad-like videos with traditional shows. On Monday, a Boston consumer group told federal regulators it’s hard to tell the ads from the programming, so YouTube Kids should be subject to federal rules on deceptive advertising.

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