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Large social media companies and streaming platforms — including Amazon, Alphabet-owned YouTube, Meta's Facebook and TikTok — engage in a "vast surveillance of users" to profit off their personal information, endangering privacy and failing to adequately protect children, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday.
In a 129-page report, the agency examined how some of the world's biggest tech players collect, use and sell people's data, as well as the impact on children and teenagers. The findings highlight how the companies compile and store troves...
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