The FTC issued orders for nine social media and video streaming companies, requiring them "to provide data on how they collect, use, and present personal information; their advertising and user engagement practices, and how their practices affect children and teens." Intended recipients were listed as Amazon, TikTok-parent ByteDance, gamer chat platform Discord, Facebook, Reddit, Snap, Twitter, WhatsApp, and YouTube. Amazon made the list due to its popular Prime streaming television service, according to the FTC. Also read: Facebook, Twitter face British fines for harmful content"The commission's study will lift the hood on the social media and video streaming firms to carefully study their engines," the FTC said in a release. Each of the companies is being told to respond to the order within 45 days of receipt.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 15, 2020 04:30 UTC