Social Media Privacy

FTC Moves to Block Meta From Monetizing Children’s Data, Impose New Privacy Safeguards

ts on the personal data practices of Meta (previously Facebook), including a ban on monetizing the data of children and restrictions on the company’s use of facial recognition technology.

• Children's Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Social Media Privacy

• Updates

PBS NewsHour: Why a ban on TikTok won’t solve all data privacy concerns

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Social Media Privacy

• News

The Washington Post: The U.S.’s sixth state privacy law is too ‘weak,’ advocates say

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• Social Media Privacy

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• News

CyberScoop: Here’s what to expect from lawmakers who will grill TikTok’s CEO on privacy, security and child safety

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Social Media Privacy

• News

IAPP: A view from DC: A recap of the TikTok hearing

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Social Media Privacy

International Association of Privacy Professionals: A view from DC: A recap of the TikTok hearing

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Social Media Privacy

• News

TikTok is Not the Only Problem

TikTok is just one app in a vast commercial surveillance ecosystem that has been allowed to grow unencumbered over the past two decades due to the lack of a U.S. privacy law. Even if the U.S. bans TikTok, millions of apps would continue to collect the most intimate details about us and profit off of them. The endless web of data brokers who buy and sell data would continue to exist, and foreign adversaries such as China could still obtain Americans’ personal data by simply purchasing it from data brokers on the open market. This is a data privacy crisis with serious national security implications and it is past time for Congress to act.

• Consumer Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Social Media Privacy

• Analysis

The Wall Street Journal: U.S. State-Government Websites Use TikTok Trackers, Review Finds

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Open Government

• Social Media Privacy

• News

NBC News: White House backs bipartisan bill that could be used to ban TikTok

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Social Media Privacy

• News

Forbes: Should YouTube, Twitter Be More Responsible For Dangerous Content? Supreme Court Considers Tech Critics

• Consumer Privacy

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Social Media Privacy

• News