FTC Demands Social Media Firms' User Data, Harvesting Tactics | Privacy
'); //]]>//--> By John P. Mello Jr. Dec 16, 2020 8:52 AM PT A demand for a massive amount of data from nine technology companies -- including Facebook and Twitter -- has been made by the Federal Trade Commission in what could be a prelude to regulation on the handling data by the industry. The demand made Monday by the FTC seeks to obtain information on how many users the companies have, how active the users are, what the companies know about them, how they got that information, and what steps the companies take to continue to engage users. The agency also wants to know how social media and v...