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FTC: Social Media Sites Are 'Vast Surveillance' Operations
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a report denouncing how social media companies collect and profit off user data, calling their practices a "vast surveillance" program. “While lucrative ...
Sweeping FTC study finds that social media sites engage in ‘vast surveillance’ of its users
The FTC just published results ... The organization said that many social media sites and streaming services engage in “vast ...
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Social media companies engaged in 'vast surveillance,' FTC finds, calling status quo 'unacceptable'
Popular social media ... these surveillance practices can endanger people’s privacy, threaten their freedoms, and expose them to a host of harms, from identify theft to stalking,” FTC Chair ...
What does the FTC’s new fake review rule ban?
An FTC rule banning phony online reviews is now in effect. Those who violate the measures face a civil penalty of up to ...
Schuette: Lawmakers must hold social media giants accountable
Bill Schuette served as Michigan's attorney general from 2011 to 2019. He also served as a member of the House of ...
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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 information, according to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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Social media platforms engaged in 'vast surveillance' and failed to protect young people, FTC finds
Major social ... by the FTC's characterization of the digital ad industry as one that engages in mass surveillance. Discord, which lets users to communicate through text, video and voice calls, tried ...
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U.S. gov't 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 information, according to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). A report ...
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ANA Criticizes FTC's 'Commercial Surveillance' Report
The Association of National Advertisers is expressing concerns to the Federal Trade Commission about its recent report blasting the privacy practices of social-media companies and streaming video ...
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Social media companies failed to protect children, teens from online dangers, FTC report reveals
The report examined nine social media companies and ... were engaged in extensive surveillance of their users. The most troubling part of the report, according to FTC attorney Jacqueline Ford ...
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Meta Pushes Back Against FTC Effort to Toughen Privacy Order
A Meta lawyer told the FTC’s five commissioners at a hearing Tuesday that the consumer protection agency doesn’t have ...