Meta, YouTube and other sites collected more data than most users realized, a new report by the Federal Trade Commission ...
FTC seeks clear information on how social media and streaming companies determine which specific ads and other content to ...
The Federal Trade Commission released a report Thursday slamming social media platforms including Facebook's parent company, ...
The FTC just published results of a sweeping study of social media sites that has been going on for four years. The ...
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 ...
None of the companies reported sharing practices that treat teen users' data differently than that of adults, the study found ...
The investigation also highlights the companies' failure to adequately protect users, particularly children and teenagers.
An FTC report has accused social media companies of vast user surveillance, inadequate data gathering practices, and ...
Social media platforms are engaging in “vast surveillance” of people online and failing to protect children, according to a ...
The report is in response to 6(b) orders issued in December 2020 to nine social media and video streaming sites.
A years-long analysis shows that social media titans engaged in "vast surveillance" to make money from people's personal ...