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New FTC Report Says Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and TikTok Engage In Surveillance of Users To Profit Off Their Personal Data
FTC report reveals tech giants profit from user data without proper privacy protections, risking kids’ safety.
US FTC slams Meta, TikTok and Twitch for ‘woefully inadequate’ data policies
YouTube, social media platform X, Snap, Discord and Reddit were also included in the FTC report Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control,
FTC Report Exposes Data Practices of Meta, TikTok, and Other Social Media Giants
An FTC investigation revealed companies like Meta, YouTube, and TikTok are aggressively collecting user data, often without clear consent.
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,
Meta, TikTok, Twitch, and other social media platform users lack control over data used by AI: U.S. FTC
Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said.
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 Trade Commission said in a report on the data practices of social media and video streaming companies.
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.
Social media companies slammed for ‘woefully inadequate’ data collection safeguards: FTC
The report analyzed how Meta Platforms, ByteDance’s TikTok, Amazon’s gaming platform Twitch, and others manage user data, concluding that data management and retention policies at many of the companies were “woefully inadequate.
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 ...
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 sites are conducting ‘vast surveillance’, FTC warns
The FTC says media companies such as Meta, X and YouTube conduct “vast surveillance of consumers” to monetise their personal ...
Social media platforms engaged in ‘vast surveillance’ and failed to protect young people, FTC finds
The Federal Trade Commission released a report Thursday slamming social media platforms including Facebook's parent company, ...
Meta, Amazon, YouTube’s Commercial Surveillance Flagged by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission called out the failure of Big Tech’s self-regulation, the ubiquity of commercial surveillance, ...