FTC Staff Report Finds Large Social Media and Video Streaming …
WEB1 day ago · A new Federal Trade Commission staff report that examines the data collection and use practices of major social media and video streaming services shows they engaged in vast surveillance of consumers in order to monetize their personal information while failing to adequately protect users online, especially children and teens.
Social media companies engaged in 'vast surveillance,' FTC finds ...
WEB1 day ago · Social media companies engaged in 'vast surveillance,' FTC finds, calling status quo 'unacceptable'. The FTC report looked at Amazon, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Snap, ByteDance, Discord, Reddit ...
F.T.C. Study Finds ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Social Media Users
WEB1 day ago · The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington. The F.T.C. said it started the study nearly four years ago to look into the business practices of some of the biggest online platforms.
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WEB1 day ago · "The report lays out how social media and video streaming companies harvest an enormous amount of Americans' personal data and monetize it to the tune of billions of dollars a year," FTC Chair ...
Social media users lack control over data used by AI, US FTC says
WEB1 day ago · YouTube, social media platform X, Snap , opens new tab, Discord and Reddit , opens new tab were also included in the FTC report, though its findings were anonymized and did not reveal specific ...
A Look Behind the Scenes: Examining the Data Practices of Social Media ...
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FTC report on predatory social media data hoarding hints at …
WEB1 day ago · A new FTC report on how social media and streaming sites collect and monetize their hoards of user data doesn’t really feature a lot of surprises for anyone who’s followed the space. It’s ...
FTC Decries Social Media Platforms' 'Vast Surveillance' of Users
WEB14 hours ago · The FTC said the report was based on an analysis of information nine companies behind the world’s largest social media and video-streaming services provided to the agency after it asked them to ...
WEBAs social media and video streaming services have become embedded in people’s daily lives, understanding how those platforms collect, use, and disclose Americans’ personal data is critical. The FTC staff report issued today, A …
FTC: Social media companies using ‘vast surveillance’ on users
WEB9 hours ago · What is the FTC report about? In December 2020, the FTC ordered companies like Amazon, Facebook and YouTube to provide data about how they collect and use personal information. “The tech industry’s monetization of personal data has created a market for commercial surveillance, especially via social media and video streaming services, with inadequate guardrails to protect consumers,” the ...