Article in the New York Times by Cecilia Kang, 9/19/24
Headline: “F.T.C. Study Finds ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Social Media Users”
Subhead: “Meta, YouTube and other sites collected more data than most users realized, a new report by the Federal Trade Commission finds.”
“The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday it found that several social media and streaming services engaged in a “vast surveillance” of consumers, including minors, collecting and sharing more personal information than most users realized.”
. . . “The F.T.C. found that the companies voraciously consumed data about users, and often bought information about people who weren’t users through data brokers. They also gathered information from accounts linked to other services.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/technology/ftc-meta-tiktok-privacy-surveillance.html
And in Reuters – Headline: “Social Media Users Lack Control Over Data Used bu AI, US FTC Says”