Federal Trade Commission finds social and video streaming services pose serious privacy risks
A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report found that social and video streaming services pose serious privacy risks, especially ...
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FTC report says social media companies engaged in “vast surveillance” of users
A new Federal Trade Commission staff report says major social media and video streaming services conducted vast surveillance ...
How to avoid job scams
In a tighter job market, more people may be willing to overlook fraud warning signs because they are so eager to find their ...
FTC finds social media companies steal tons of data
FTC seeks clear information on how social media and streaming companies determine which specific ads and other content to ...
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Social Media's Shocking Data Harvesting & Sharing Practices Exposed
The FTC's new report reveals how social media giants collect data, share it with third parties, and create detailed profiles ...
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An extortion threat is serious business. Report it
A recent email was a rather nondescript message from a person I do not know using a Gmail address; my name was the subject.
Scathing FTC Report Accuses Social Media Sites Of Vast User Surveillance
The report is in response to 6(b) orders issued in December 2020 to nine social media and video streaming sites.
FTC Decries Social Media Platforms' 'Vast Surveillance' of Users
Consumers do not understand how much privacy they are giving up, largely to facilitate targeted advertising, the Federal ...
The FTC says social media companies can’t be trusted to regulate themselves
The Federal Trade Commission published a new report about the data collection policies of social media platforms and video ...
FTC Urges Congress to Pass Comprehensive Privacy Legislation
While lucrative for the companies, these surveillance practices can endanger people’s privacy, threaten their freedoms, and ...
Social media companies slammed for ‘woefully inadequate’ data collection safeguards: FTC
YouTube, social media platform X, Snap, Discord and Reddit were also included in the FTC report, though its findings were ...