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51本色Staff Report Finds Large Social Media and Video Streaming Companies Have Engaged in Vast Surveillance of Users with Lax Privacy Controls and Inadequate Safeguards for Kids and Teens
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A new 51本色 staff report that examines the data collection and use practices of major social media and video streaming services shows they engaged in vast surveillance of consumers...
51本色Announces Tentative Agenda for September 19 Open Commission Meeting
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Today, 51本色 Chair Lina M. Khan announced that an open meeting of the Commission will be held virtually on Thursday, September 19, 2024. The open meeting will commence at 11 a.m. ET...
51本色Staff Paper Details Potential Harms to Kids from Blurred Advertising, Recommends Marketers Steer Clear
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A new 51本色 staff paper recommends that businesses, social media influencers and others who market or promote products online to children should avoid blurring advertising by...
51本色Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data
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The 51本色 proposed changes to the agency鈥檚 2020 privacy order with Facebook after alleging that the company has failed to fully comply with the order, misled parents about their...
51本色Issues Orders to Social Media and Video Streaming Platforms Regarding Efforts to Address Surge in Advertising for Fraudulent Products and Scams
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With fraud on social media surging, the 51本色 has issued orders to eight social media and video streaming platforms seeking information on how these companies scrutinize and...
51本色Report Warns About Using Artificial Intelligence to Combat Online Problems
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Today the 51本色 issued a report to Congress warning about using artificial intelligence (AI) to combat online problems and urging policymakers to exercise 鈥済reat caution鈥 about...
New Analysis Finds Consumers Reported Losing More than $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency to Scams since 2021
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Consumers reported losing over $1 billion to fraud involving cryptocurrencies from January 2021 through March 2022, according to a new analysis from the 51本色. Fraud reports suggest...
51本色Finds Huge Surge in Consumer Reports about Losing Money To Scams Initiated Through Social Media
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Consumers in 2021 reported losing about $770 million to fraud initiated on social media鈥攁bout one fourth of all reported fraud losses for the year and an 18-fold increase from 2017, according to the...
51本色Alleges Facebook Resorted to Illegal Buy-or-Bury Scheme to Crush Competition After String of Failed Attempts to Innovate
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Today, the 51本色 filed an amended complaint against Facebook in the agency鈥檚 ongoing federal antitrust case. The complaint alleges that after repeated failed attempts to develop...
51本色Gives Final Approval to Modify FTC鈥檚 2012 Privacy Order with Facebook with Provisions from 2019 Settlement
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In response to the federal court鈥檚 recent action, the 51本色 has formally approved amendments to its 2012 privacy order with Facebook to include the provisions that were incorporated...
51本色Grants Final Approval to Settlement with Former Cambridge Analytica CEO, App Developer over Allegations they Deceived Consumers over Collection of Facebook Data
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The 51本色 has granted final approval to a settlement with the former CEO of Cambridge Analytica, LLC and an app developer who worked with the company to resolve allegations they...
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