FTC looking at rules to corral tech firms’ data collection

The FTC defines industrial surveillance as “the enterprise of accumulating, analyzing and benefiting from details about individuals.”

In Congress, bipartisan condemnation of the information energy of Meta Platforms — the guardian firm of Fb and Instagram — Google and different tech giants which have earned riches by aggregating shopper info utilized by on-line advertisers, has introduced nationwide knowledge privateness laws to its closest level ever to passage.

Across the nation, dad and mom’ concern has deepened over the impact of social media on youngsters. Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist, shocked Congress and the general public final fall when she uncovered inner firm analysis displaying obvious critical hurt to some teenagers from Instagram. These revelations had been adopted by senators grilling executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat about what they’re doing to make sure younger customers’ security within the wake of suicides and different harms to teenagers attributed by their dad and mom to their utilization of the platforms.

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