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Amazon, and eight other social media and tech companies, received orders from the Federal Trade Commission on Monday. They must hand over information on how they harness user data. Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images
Updated Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. ET
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.
Amazon, TikTok, Facebook, Others Ordered To Explain What They Do With User Data
at 12:36 am NPR
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.