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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,
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.
FTC calls for stronger regulation of social media data practices
The FTC report found that social media platforms, engage in extensive data surveillance to monetise personal information.
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.
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,
FTC accuses 9 social media platforms like X, Insta, TikTok of ‘vast surveillance’ of consumers
The FTC’s findings reveal that not only did companies like X, Meta and ByteDance collect and monetise vast amounts of personal data, but their practices for data collection, minimisation, and retentio
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 users lack control over data used by AI, US FTC says
Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control, including over how it is used by systems incorporating artificial intelligence,
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 ...
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, ...
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, ...
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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FTC finds 'staggering' level of user surveillance by social media, streaming services
The FTC in 2020 requested personal data information from nine major ... manageable way to keep tabs on their child’s ...