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The FTC says social media companies can’t be trusted to regulate themselves
A new report reveals just how much Facebook, YouTube, X, and other platforms gobble up user data.
The report, which was released on September 19th, found that these platforms not only surveil consumers but often retain vast troves of data indefinitely about users and non-users alike — and suggests they can’t be trusted to regulate themselves. “While lucrative for the companies, these surveillance practices can endanger people’s privacy, threaten their freedoms, and expose them to a host of harms, from [sic] identify theft to stalking,” FTC chair Lina Khan said. In the interim, the commission suggests that companies limit their own data collection policies, stop using “privacy-intensive ad tracking technologies,” and implement greater privacy protections for teenagers.
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