In December 2020, the Federal Trade Commission ordered the biggest social media and streaming companies in the world, ...

An FTC report has accused social media companies of vast user surveillance, inadequate data gathering practices, and ...

The agency said the companies engaged in vast consumer surveillance while failing to provide adequate privacy controls or ...

The report by the Federal Trade Commission claims social media and video platforms collect troves of personal information ...

The report is in response to 6(b) orders issued in December 2020 to nine social media and video streaming sites.

Consumers do not understand how much privacy they are giving up, largely to facilitate targeted advertising, the Federal ...

“The tech industry’s monetization of personal data has created a market for commercial surveillance, especially via social ...

The FTC has issued a damning new report on the data collection and use practices of 9 social media and streaming services.

The investigation also highlights the companies' failure to adequately protect users, particularly children and teenagers.

The FTC’s findings reveal that not only did companies like X, Meta and ByteDance collect and monetise vast amounts of ...

A new report from the Federal Trade Commission claims social media and video streaming services have conducted “vast ...

The FTC says media companies such as Meta, X and YouTube conduct “vast surveillance of consumers” to monetise their personal ...