"The report lays out how social media and video streaming companies harvest an enormous amount of Americans' personal data and monetize it to the tune of billions of dollars a year," said FTC ...

Top social media and video streaming companies are facing new scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which released a report Thursday morning accusing the platforms of vastly violating ...

Popular social media platforms and video streaming services pose serious risks to user privacy, with children and teenagers most at risk, the Federal Trade Commission found in a report published ...

A $8 billion class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerbergand company leaders begins Wednesday.

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 report ...

Anyhow, the FTC wants to see limits imposed on how much data companies can collect and how long they can keep it, clearer privacy controls for users, and stronger protections for children.

Data privacy, particularly for kids and teens, has been a hot-button issue. The House of Representatives is considering bills passed by the Senate in July aimed at addressing social media’s ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — We all know that person who swore up and down their phone and social-media apps are listening to them. And no, the Federal Trade Commission is listening, too, releasing a ...

The FTC says that all of these issues boil down to the profit models of the big social media and streaming companies. These business models mandate the “mass collection of user data to monetize ...

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 FTC has issued a damning new report on the data collection and use practices of 9 social media and streaming services. The Retail TouchPoints Network. Linkedin X-twitter Facebook Instagram Youtube ...