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

On September 19, 2024, the FTC released a Staff Report on the data collection and data use practices of large social media and video streaming service (SMVSS) platforms. The Report describes how ...

A new FTC report on how social media and streaming sites collect and monetize their hoards of user data doesn’t really feature a lot of surprises for anyone who’s followed the space.

The Federal Trade Commission said social media and streaming companies including YouTube, Amazon and Facebook fail to adequately protect consumer privacy.

Tech News FTC Says Social Media Platforms Engage in ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Users A scathing new report takes aim directly at Big Tech and alleged violations of privacy.

The FTC just published results of a sweeping study of social media sites that has been going on for four years. The organization said that many social media sites and streaming services engage in ...

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

'The big danger is the loss of privacy, right? They certainly know what kind of things we are doing on the web,' said assistant professor Carlos Rubio-Medrano.

A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff report has found that social media and video streaming companies have been engaging in widespread user surveillance, particularly of children and teens, with ...

The consumer-protection agency said in a report that major social-media companies and video streaming services engaged in vast consumer surveillance while failing to provide adequate privacy ...