Mace wanted to protest. He wants the ads to stop.
There has been plenty of protesting in 2020 and protesters are getting younger
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There has been plenty of protesting in 2020.
And from the looks of it, protesters are getting younger.
Chip matthews has the story of a little boy who's had enough of 2020.
:00-:06 :13-:18 :22 1:24 sot - mace lee - protester "it's making my video laggy."
6-year-old mace lee says all he wants to do is watch minecraft on youtube.
But he says political ads are interferring with his videos,-- so he took action.
Sot - steven lee -mace's dad "i come home and he had just constructed this sign."
Mace wanted to protest.
He wants the ads to stop.
Mercer university political science department chair, chris grant, says some candidates are spending 5 times the amount of money candidates spent in 2016.
Sot - chris grant - political science dept.
Chair, mercer "we've never seen the amount of paid positions that are going on with the campaigns they're all over and they have so much money they do not know what to do."
He says micro-targeting is a recent trend in political campaigns, and they'll use any platform available to reach a specific audience.
But why are ad showing up on a video a 6-year-old is watching?
Sot - chris grant - political science dept.
Chair, mercer "you put them everywhere, it certainly shows up on my television screen and our playstation, and our youtube.
We're getting all sorts of political ads, and facebook.
You name it i'm getting political ads at this point."
:15 he also says targeting games becomes more advantageous for some, especially looking to gain young americans' votes.
Mace is just a victim of circumstances -- but he has a solution.
Sot - mace lee - protester "everybody in the whole entire world to call the police on c1 3 b13 him."
Reporting in cochran, chip matthews, 41nbc news.
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