An FTC investigation revealed companies like Meta, YouTube, and TikTok are aggressively collecting user data, often without clear consent.

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.

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,