FTC begins wide-ranging probe of tech company data policies
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The Federal Trade Commission on Monday followed up last week s anti-trust lawsuit against Facebook with a wide-ranging probe of the data practices of Amazon.com, TikTok, Discord, Facebook, Reddit, Snap, Twitter, WhatsApp and YouTube. File Pool Photo by Mandel Ngan/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 14 (UPI) In an effort to lift the hood on the practices of social media companies, online retailers and streaming services, the Federal Trade Commission on Monday issued orders to nine big technology companies requiring them to provide data on how they collect personal information and how the services affect children and teens.
Amazon, TikTok, Facebook, Others Ordered To Explain What They Do With User Data
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The Federal Trade Commission is demanding that nine social media and tech companies share details on how they harness users data and what they do with the information.
Amazon.com, TikTok owner ByteDance, Discord, Facebook, Reddit, Snap, Twitter, WhatsApp (also owned by Facebook), and YouTube were sent orders by the FTC on Monday to provide the commission with details on their data collection and advertising practices. The companies have 45 days to respond to the order.
Representatives for these companies didn t immediately respond to NPR s request for comment.
Amazon, TikTok, Facebook, Others Ordered To Explain What They Do With User Data
By Jaclyn Diaz
December 15, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission is demanding that nine social media and tech companies share details on how they harness users’ data and what they do with the information.
Amazon.com, TikTok owner ByteDance, Discord, Facebook, Reddit, Snap, Twitter, WhatsApp (also owned by Facebook) and YouTube were sent orders by the FTC on Monday to provide the commission with details on their data collection and advertising practices. The companies have 45 days to respond to the order.
Representatives for these companies didn’t immediately respond to NPR’s request for comment.
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FTC seeks data on how Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and six other major social media and video companies use personal data in new privacy probe
The Federal Trade Commission launched a new inquiry into the privacy and data collection practices of nine major social media and video streaming companies
The inquiry, announced Monday, targets Amazon, TikTok owner ByteDance, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, WhatsApp, Discord and Snap
The nine companies will be required to provide data on how they collect, use, track and present personal and demographic information
They will also have to hand over data on how they determine which ads are shown to consumers