The Federal Trade Commission released a report Thursday slamming social media platforms including Facebook's parent company, ...
Social media platforms are engaging in “vast surveillance” of people online and failing to protect children, according to a ...
The FTC just published results of a sweeping study of social media sites that has been going on for four years. The ...
A sweeping new study from the FTC has exposed the vast surveillance practices of major social media and streaming platforms.
Meta, YouTube and other sites collected more data than most users realized, a new report by the Federal Trade Commission ...
A years-long analysis shows that social media titans engaged in "vast surveillance" to make money from people's personal ...
None of the companies reported sharing practices that treat teen users' data differently than that of adults, the study found ...
The report by the Federal Trade Commission claims social media and video platforms collect troves of personal information ...
The investigation also highlights the companies' failure to adequately protect users, particularly children and teenagers.
The report is in response to 6(b) orders issued in December 2020 to nine social media and video streaming sites.
Large social media companies and streaming platforms — including Amazon, Alphabet-owned YouTube, Meta's Facebook and TikTok — ...
Consumers do not understand how much privacy they are giving up, largely to facilitate targeted advertising, the Federal ...