The Federal Trade Commission is issuing orders to nine social media and video streaming platforms for data on how they collect personal information of their users.The agency also wants data on advertising and other practices, and how it affects children.The orders are.
being sent to Amazon, TikTok parent ByteDance, Discord, Facebook, Reddit, Snap, Twitter, WhatsApp and YouTube.“Social media and video streaming services have become almost unavoidable in today’s modern world, particularly as many Americans are working, socializing, and attending school online during the national pandemic,” FTC commissioners Rohit Chopra, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Christine Wilson said in a statement. “Despite their central role in our daily lives, the
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