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Sweeping FTC study finds that social media sites engage in ... - MSN
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 ...
Fake weight loss drugs spark alarm: Warning sent to FDA, FTC over counterfeit GLP-1s
New and disturbing concerns about fake GLP-1 drugs are cited in a letter sent to the FDA by Tennessee officials, including Sen. Marsha Blackburn.
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Social media users lack control over data used by AI: FTC
Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control, the FTC said. Data privacy, particularly for kids and ...
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FTC Says Social Media Was a ‘Gold Mine’ for Scammers in 2021 ...
According to the FTC, social media scams have increased at an alarming rate over the last five years, accounting for about $770 million in reported losses in 2021, a jaw-dropping eighteenfold ...
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FTC report on predatory social media data hoarding hints at future ...
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 ...
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FTC reports surveillance by social media, streaming services
The FTC in 2020 requested personal data from nine major streaming and social services, such as Amazon, ByteDance and YouTube. Findings revealed a concerning trend of data monitoring by these ...
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FTC: US consumers lost $770 million in social media scams ... - TechCrunch
The FTC said that investment, romance and e-commerce scams, combined, accounted for 70% of social media scams in 2021, but there were other types of fraud also associated with social platforms.
Trump’s FTC announces merger condition that prohibits advertising boycotts
The merger condition is a new strategy in the Republican-controlled FTC's fight against alleged advertising boycotts, which ...
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FTC Commissioner's Social Media Statement Is a Heads-Up to Advertisers ...
News FTC Commissioner's Social Media Statement Is a Heads-Up to Advertisers, Influencers Federal Trade Commissioner Rohit Chopra's statement last week that the FTC had voted to launch a "close and ...
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FTC report accuses social media companies of violating user privacy
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 ...
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FTC kicks off sweeping privacy probe of nine major social media firms ...
The companies that receive the orders have 45 days to explain to the FTC: How social media and video streaming services collect, use, track, estimate, or derive personal and demographic information; ...