FTC Staff Report Finds Large Social Media and Video Streaming …
WEB2 days 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 ...
WEB2 days 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
WEB2 days ago · The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday it found that several social media and streaming services engaged in a “vast surveillance” of consumers, including minors, collecting and sharing ...
Social media companies engaged in 'vast surveillance,' FTC finds
WEB1 day ago · The report stems from information the FTC ordered the largest social media and video streaming platforms to turn over in 2020. Those companies include Snap; Facebook, now Meta; Google-owned ...
A Look Behind the Scenes: Examining the Data Practices of Social Media ...
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WEB2 days 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 ...
WEBIn short, the Report further substantiates the unease that growing numbers of Americans feel about how their data is collected and used. 2F 3 And as more people confront data breaches and . 1 Fed. Trade Comm’n, A Look Behind the Screens: Examining the Data Practices of Social Media and Video Streaming Services (2024) [hereinafter “Report”].
Social-Media Firms Lack Adequate Privacy Controls, FTC Report …
WEB2 days ago · The FTC found that companies collected the data of users and nonusers alike. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press. Companies such as Amazon, Meta META 3.93% and X Corp. employed vast consumer ...
Social media users lack control over data used by AI, US FTC says
WEB2 days 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 ...
FTC Decries Social Media Platforms' 'Vast Surveillance' of Users
WEB1 day ago · In a scathing report released Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission blasted the world’s biggest social media companies and video streaming platforms for their “vast surveillance” of users ...