The Federal Trade Commission is asking nine social media companies and technology distribution companies to describe in detail the use and actions and information of users.
The owner of Amazon.com, TikTok, ByteDance, Discord, Facebook, Reddit, Snap, Twitter, WhatsApp (also Facebook), and the FTC on Monday announced the FTC YouTube's instructions to provide information to the commission for their information collection and promotional activities. Companies need 45 days to respond to an order.
Representatives of these companies did not immediately reply to NPR's request for comments.
The investigation is the latest step by local law enforcement officials to avoid fines for high-tech devices to try to monitor their performance. Increased control by local officials and governments this year has destroyed social media sites and programs in response to the misuse of consumer literature and antitrust violations. in the field.
The order comes just a week after Facebook filed a public lawsuit against defamation of lawyers in 48 countries across the country, allegedly the media had problems with the illegal disposal. The company rejected this claim.
The FTC's request for information is broad enough to "understand the corporate models that influence what they hear, Americans say, and what they share." The company exercises its powers under section 6 (b) of the FTC Act, which allows it to conduct detailed investigations separately from law enforcement.
Policymakers and the general public are saddened by the work of social media and video conferencing to capture information and grab consumers' attention," Rebecca Slaughter and Christine Wilson said in a statement. Surprisingly, we still know about companies that know a lot about us.
The Commission requires technology companies to have information on the number of users in each company, the intensity of their activities, and what is known about them. The study will also survey social media and video broadcasting companies to provide information on how they process the data they collect, as well as the impact of advertising and influencing activities on young people and childless workers.
Commissioners voted on orders 4: 1 on Monday. Republican commissioner Joshua Phillips objected.
High-tech inspection
Law enforcement and human rights groups and consumer groups have turned big technologies into a small machine this year after exposing questionable practices by large websites and businesses.
The Wall Street Journal has published a report on how users share their comments on Facebook. The newspaper also said that Amazon collects information from independent retailers and uses it to develop its competitive products. Amazon owners have denied this.
Facebook spokesman Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon spokesman Jeff Bezos, Google spokesman Sundar Pichai and Apple member Tim Tim spoke ahead of the Silicon Valley leaders' meeting this summer.
At the hearing, Bezos said the company could be wrong when 1 trillion. The US dollar company is pushing private investors. He said the company is investigating the problems.
It was only this year that a major lawsuit was filed against technology companies. In addition to the blockchain law promulgated on Facebook last week, the U.S. Department of Justice and 11 governments filed a lawsuit against Google alleging the company violated competing rules.
The nature of these companies, along with childless workers, what information was gathered from their work also became a matter of judgment.
In August, TikTok's parents of several teenage children filed a lawsuit in a state court alleging that a popular collection of videos and videos was gathering information about their users' identities, locations, and close contacts. The company sends the information to suppliers in China without consumers knowing it could be shared with the Chinese Communist Party, the lawsuit claims.
The Trump administration sees TikTok as a threat to the nation because China is the parent company and a sign that Beijing is gathering information from US consumers. TikTok denies the allegations but says it can drop them
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