Social media companies engaged in 'vast surveillance,' FTC finds ...
Sep 19, 2024 · The report found that companies engaged in “vast surveillance” by collecting and retaining personal information about consumers, whether or not they are users of the companies’ platforms.
F.T.C. Study Finds ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Social Media Users
Sep 19, 2024 · The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday it found that several social media and streaming services engaged in a “vast surveillance” of consumers, including minors, collecting and sharing...
FTC Staff Report Finds Large Social Media and Video Streaming …
A new Federal Trade Commission staff report that examines the data collection and use practices of major social media and video streaming services shows they engaged in vast surveillance of consumers in order to monetize their personal information while failing to adequately protect users online, especially children and teens.
Feds warn of 'vast surveillance' of your online data - NBC News
Sep 19, 2024 · A new government report investigates how the world's biggest social media platforms are collecting and using your personal information. NBC News' Tom Costello reports.
Social media companies engaged in 'vast surveillance,' FTC finds
Sep 19, 2024 · The agency, which is focused on protecting consumers and enforcing antitrust law, released a 129-page report that analyzes how some of the world’s largest social media platforms including...
Social media companies, video streaming services engage in "vast ...
Sep 19, 2024 · Large social media companies and streaming platforms — including Amazon, Alphabet-owned YouTube, Meta's Facebook and TikTok — engage in a "vast surveillance of users" to profit off their...
Social media companies engaged in "vast surveillance" of users, …
Sep 19, 2024 · A Federal Trade Commission staff report released Thursday found that nine leaders in the social media and video streaming industry, including Meta and X, conducted "vast surveillance" of consumers to monetize their personal information.
Sweeping FTC study finds that social media sites engage in ‘vast ...
Sep 19, 2024 · The organization said that many social media sites and streaming services engage in “vast surveillance of consumers in order to monetize their personal information.”
Social media companies conducted 'vast surveillance' on its users …
A new report from the Federal Trade Commission claims social media and video streaming services have conducted “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize personal information.
FTC: Social Media Sites Are 'Vast Surveillance' Operations - MSN
T he 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.