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FTC Orders Nine Social Media and Video Streaming Services to File Special Report About Privacy Practices

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Author: Jennifer B. Maisel, Christopher Ott

Published: December 15th, 2020

Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the FTC Act and a December 11, 2020, resolution of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) entitled “Resolution Directing use of Compulsory Process to Collect Information Regarding Social Media and Video Streaming Service Providers’ Privacy Practices,” the FTC has now issued orders requiring Facebook, WhatsApp, Snap, Twitter, YouTube, ByteDance, Twitch, Reddit, and Discord to file information concerning the method and manner in which they collect, use, store, and disclose information about users and their devices.  The companies have 45 days to respond, and, at the moment, the study is not part of any specific law enforcement proceeding.

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