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An FTC report examining the business practices of nine tech and social media companies concluded that the services “pose unique risks to children and teens” and that tech companies’ self-regulation efforts have been a failure. (Credit Peter Cade via Getty Images)

FTC details how streaming services, social media have become ‘mass surveillance’ machines

A review of nine companies’ business practices found that using their services was just the beginning of vast data collection efforts.

Sep 19, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Google has long struggled to stop advertising it serves from appearing on websites owned by Russia. (Getty Images)

Google says it cut off Russian disinformation sites from its vast ad display network

Dunkin Donuts, Citibank and Adidas have had their Google-placed ads displayed on Russian state-owned sites fueling disinformation.

Sep 1, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley

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