Today is the deadline for public comments regarding a "public inquiry" by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) into the ...

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 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a report denouncing how social media companies collect and ... practices can endanger people’s privacy, threaten their freedoms, and expose them to ...

Meta declined to comment further on the company's vision for social media's future. In a statement, a Meta spokesperson told Ars that "the FTC’s lawsuit against Meta defies reality," claiming that it ...

"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 ...

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

Meta asked a federal judge Thursday to toss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) case against the social media giant, arguing the agency failed to prove at trial that the company violated ...

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

more time is spent on TikTok and YouTube than on either Facebook or Instagram — if you only add TikTok and YouTube into the FTC’s social media market definition, Meta has <30% market share.” There has ...

Tech executives from major social media networks like TikTok, X, Reddit, Pinterest and Discord have appeared in federal court over the past week as part of the US Federal Trade Commission’s ...

Meta Asks Judge to Rule That FTC Failed to Prove Its Monopoly Case By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -Facebook parent company Meta Platforms asked a federal judge on Thursday to throw out the U.S. Federal ...