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Popular social media platforms and video streaming services pose serious risks to user privacy, with children and teenagers most at risk, the Federal Trade Commission found in a report published ...
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 ...
Two trade associations and 12 creators received warning letters from the Federal Trade Commission after endorsing the safety of artificial sweeteners and sugar-containing products on social media.
On December 1, 2010, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a preliminary report highlighting the consumers' right to prevent websites from tracking their online behaviors. [7] The central plank of the bill was to add a do not track opt-out function to web browsers.
The FTC identified three types of enforcement measures: self-regulation by the information collectors or an appointed regulatory body; private remedies that give civil causes of action for individuals whose information has been misused to sue violators; and government enforcement that can include civil and criminal penalties levied by the ...
The Federal Trade Commission is an independent regulatory agency responsible for protecting consumers and competition. [20] [21] In 1995, the FTC became involved with privacy regulation. At the beginning, the agency promoted self regulation as they encouraged companies to produce their own privacy policies that the FTC would help enforce.
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday said it issued warnings to two food and beverage industry groups, as well as a dozen online influencers, for failing to adequately disclose paid social ...
In a "novel" order concerning the app NGL, the agency takes aim at online anonymity and at minors on social media.