Big tech companies engage in "vast surveillance" of users, FTC says
FTC Chair Lina Khan says tech giants such as Meta and Google "endanger people's privacy" and "expose them to a host of harms.
Sweeping FTC study finds that social media sites engage in ‘vast surveillance’ of its users
The FTC just published results of a sweeping study of social media sites that has been going on for four years. The ...
FTC Says Social Media Platforms Engage in ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Users
Social media platforms are engaging in “vast surveillance” of people online and failing to protect children, according to a ...
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Social media companies engaged in "vast surveillance" of users, FTC says
None of the companies reported sharing practices that treat teen users' data differently than that of adults, the study found ...
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FTC calls for new privacy laws on social media
The FTC is sounding the alarm on social media companies over how they utilize users' data and children's personal information ...
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FTC: Social Media Sites Are 'Vast Surveillance' Operations
In a strongly worded report, the FTC finds Facebook, TikTok, X, and others 'indefinitely retain troves of data' on the public ...
FTC finds that social media, streaming giants engaged in ‘vast surveillance’ of users
The first issue that today’s report flags relates to the manner in which some tech giants collect user data. According to the ...
Scathing FTC Report Accuses Social Media Sites Of Vast User Surveillance
The report is in response to 6(b) orders issued in December 2020 to nine social media and video streaming sites.
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FTC: Amount of data collected by large corporations is 'staggering'
In a report from the Federal Trade Commission, the agency accuses large video streaming companies and social media websites ...
FTC Decries Social Media Platforms' 'Vast Surveillance' of Users
Consumers do not understand how much privacy they are giving up, largely to facilitate targeted advertising, the Federal ...
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FTC report says social media companies engaged in “vast surveillance” of users
A new Federal Trade Commission staff report says major social media and video streaming services conducted vast surveillance ...