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

The Facebook owner was willing to pay billions of dollars to settle allegations but would not accept a settlement that held ...

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 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 ...

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

The Meta antitrust trial is entering its second week, with the FTC arguing that the social media platform has formed a monopoly with Instagram and WhatsApp.

Hansen said the FTC is deploying a social media market definition it created that excludes TikTok, YouTube and Apple's iMessage. "That's indefensible," Hansen told the judge.

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 ...