Big tech companies engage in "vast surveillance" of users, FTC says
FTC Chair Lina Khan says tech giants such as Meta and Google "endanger people's privacy" and "expose them to a host of harms.
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 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 ...
Sweeping FTC study finds that social media sites engage in ‘vast surveillance’ of its users
The FTC just published results of a sweeping study of social media sites that has been going on for four years. The ...
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Social media companies engaged in "vast surveillance" of users, FTC says
None of the companies reported sharing practices that treat teen users' data differently than that of adults, the study found ...
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 ...
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FTC blasts social media and video firms over ‘vast surveillance of users’
US regulator the FTC has published a report on the data collection and usage practices of social media and video streaming services. It’s fair to say it is not impressed. “They engaged […] ...
US Accuses Social Media Giants Of 'Vast Surveillance'
A years-long analysis shows that social media titans engaged in "vast surveillance" to make money from people's personal ...
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FTC: Social Media Sites Are 'Vast Surveillance' Operations
In a strongly worded report, the FTC finds Facebook, TikTok, X, and others 'indefinitely retain troves of data' on the public ...
FTC finds that social media, streaming giants engaged in ‘vast surveillance’ of users
The first issue that today’s report flags relates to the manner in which some tech giants collect user data. According to the ...
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 ...
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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 ...