Google (GOOGL) sales representatives have suggested advertisers target teens on YouTube via an “unknown” category, seemingly violating the company’s policies, AdWeek’s Catherine Perloff reports, citing three ad buyers and written documentation seen by the publication. The Financial Times previously reported that Google worked with Meta (META) to target 13- to 17-year old YouTube users with ads, targeting the “unknown” group that Google knew skewed towards under-18-year-olds.
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