The FTC just published results of a sweeping study of social media sites that has been going on for four years. The organization said that many social media sites and streaming services engage in ...

A new FTC report on how social media and streaming sites collect and monetize their hoards of user data doesn't really feature a lot of surprises for anyone who's followed the space. The report ...

The merger condition is a new strategy in the Republican-controlled FTC's fight against alleged advertising boycotts, which ...

The class action lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other leaders concerns privacy breaches related to Cambridge ...

Top social media and video streaming companies are facing new scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which released a report Thursday morning accusing the platforms of vastly violating ...

A report released by the Federal Trade Commission Thursday revealed a widespread practice of user surveillance by social media platforms and streaming services.

Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control, the FTC said.

Omnicom's $13.5 billion acquisition of rival Interpublic can move forward on the condition the new company does not enter ...

The challenge of making sure that social media are "fair and balanced" is illustrated by a 2004 FTC complaint against Fox News.

Tech News FTC Says Social Media Platforms Engage in ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Users A scathing new report takes aim directly at Big Tech and alleged violations of privacy.

In November 2023, Media Matters reported that ads were appearing next to pro-Nazi posts on X. Musk, the lawsuit said, “promised a ‘thermonuclear’ lawsuit against Media Matters—and his supporters in ...