Social media companies engaged in 'vast surveillance,' FTC finds, calling status quo 'unacceptable'
Popular social media platforms and video streaming services pose serious risks to user privacy, with children and teenagers most at risk, the Federal Trade Commission found in a report published Thursday.
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 new report from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. And if you thought Big Tech was serious about calling for FTC Chair Lina Khan to be fired before, just wait until this report properly trickles through Silicon Valley today.
US accuses social media giants of 'vast surveillance'
A years-long analysis shows that social media titans engaged in "vast surveillance" to make money from people's personal information, according to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The FTC says social media companies can’t be trusted to regulate themselves
The Federal Trade Commission published a new report about the data collection policies of social media platforms and video streaming services, and the results are damning, if not unexpected. The report,
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."
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, even if you do not have an account, and fail to protect kids and teens.
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 organization said that many social media sites and streaming services engage in “vast surveillance of consumers in order to monetize their personal information.
F.T.C. Study Finds ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Social Media Users
Meta, YouTube and other sites collected more data than most users realized, a new report by the Federal Trade Commission finds.
No Privacy For Profit's Sake: FTC Calls Out Amazon, Meta, Big Tech For Exposing Users To 'Host Of Harms'
Big tech is acting more like Big Brother. That’s according to the latest report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The ...
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Social media companies, video streaming services engage in "vast surveillance" of users, FTC says
"The report lays out how social media and video streaming companies harvest an enormous amount of Americans' personal data ...
FTC report on predatory social media data hoarding hints at future regulations
A new FTC report on how social media and streaming sites collect and monetize their hoards of user data doesn't really ...
FTC Urges Congress to Pass Comprehensive Privacy Legislation
While lucrative for the companies, these surveillance practices can endanger people’s privacy, threaten their freedoms, and ...
FTC report assails social networks’ privacy, safety practices
The Federal Trade Commission said social media and streaming companies including YouTube, Amazon and Facebook fail to ...
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Khan Helps DeLauro Pin Prices On “Gougers”
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro brought a progressive star with MAGA cred to town Monday to help craft an election season message ...
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Agency Leaders Accept They Must Use Existing Law to Regulate Artificial Intelligence
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said, “It is important to remember that not all regulations are created equal, ...
Kamala Harris’ donors push the nominee to fire FTC Chair Lina Khan, SEC Chair Gary Gensler: report
Wall Street donors have argued FTC Chair Lina Khan and SEC Gary Gensler are hurting the economy, sources told Bloomberg.