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The FTC report looked at Amazon, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Snap, ByteDance, Discord, Reddit and WhatsApp.

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 Thursday

The report, which stretches more than 100 pages, details the data, advertising and recommendation-system efforts by these companies, and how they rely on information about users to sell ads. Users also “lacked any meaningful control over how personal information was used for AI-fueled systems” on the companies’ platforms, according to the report. 

“While lucrative for the companies, these surveillance practices can endanger people’s privacy, threaten their freedoms, and expose them to a host of harms, from identify theft to stalking,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a press release.

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[–] nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

Shocked! Shocked I say!

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 24 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I guess this is why the big donors want Harris to replace Lina Khan when/if she becomes president.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

It would be pretty sweet if Harris wins and doesn't replace her.

[–] NateSwift@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 hours ago

Lina Khan is my favorite person in the us govermnet rn

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 5 points 6 hours ago

Another influx from corp social media, incoming. When will the rubes learn? smh.