The Federal Trade Commission published a new report about social media platforms and video streaming ... these surveillance practices can endanger people’s privacy, threaten their freedoms ...

Users also “lacked any meaningful control ... privacy of children and teens were not adequately protected on these social media platforms and streaming services, according to the report. The FTC ...

The government showed hundreds of internal documents as it sought to prove that the social media company bought Instagram and ...

(Reuters) -Facebook parent company Meta Platforms asked a federal judge on Thursday to throw out the U.S. Federal Trade ...

"Simply put, the FTC and Meta will fight about what constitutes the relevant market—only interactive social media platforms, meaning Meta controls ... and quality on privacy and data protection ...

But that may have had a chilling effect on the social media landscape and boxed out competitors, according to the FTC's case ... around content moderation, privacy and misinformation.

On April 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published final updates to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule).

The FTC and social media giant Meta made their opening statements as the first big antitrust trial of Trump’s second term gets underway in Judge James E. Boasberg’s courtroom.

While Meta continues to see strong growth in its social media metrics, its dominance is now under intense scrutiny. The ongoing FTC antitrust trial challenges the company’s acquisitions and ...