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FTC investigating Reddit plan to sell user content for AI model training
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is probing Reddit’s decision to license its user-generated content to artificial intelligence companies which would in turn use it to train models, the social media platform said in a Friday securities filing.
FTC proposes tougher children’s data privacy rules for first time in a decade
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing new restrictions on the use and disclosure of children’s personal data and wants to make it much harder for companies to exclude children from their services if they can’t monetize their data, the agency announced Wednesday.
Behind the FTC’s plan to hire child psychologists to help regulate social media firms
Alvaro Bedoya, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), is known for his expertise in digital privacy — a skill which is serving him well now as the commission works to better understand the effects of social media, particularly on children.
Privacy nonprofit calls on FTC to investigate Grindr’s data practices
A complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Wednesday urges the agency to investigate the LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr for potentially illegally storing and disclosing users' sensitive data, including HIV and vaccination status.
FTC denies blame for Xbox plans leaked in unredacted filing
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday said it wasn’t culpable for the leak of sensitive plans for…