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===Privacy concerns===
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In September 2024, the [[Federal Trade Commission]] (FTC) released a report summarizing company responses from [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[Facebook]], [[YouTube]], [[Twitter]], [[Snap Inc.|Snap]], [[ByteDance]], [[Discord]], [[Reddit]], and [[WhatsApp]] to orders made by the agency pursuant to Section 6(b) of the [[Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914]] to provide information about [[User (computing)|user]] and non-user data collection (including of children and teenagers) and data use by the companies that found that the companies' user and non-user data practices put individuals vulnerable to [[identity theft]], [[stalking]], unlawful discrimination, emotional distress and [[Digital media use and mental health|mental health issues]], social stigma, and reputational harm.<ref name="NBC">{{cite news|last=Tolentino|first=Daysia|date=September 19, 2024|title=Social media companies engaged in 'vast surveillance,' FTC finds, calling status quo 'unacceptable'|publisher=NBC News|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/social-media-companies-engaged-vast-surveillance-ftc-finds-calling-sta-rcna171814|access-date=September 21, 2024}}</ref><ref name="The Verge">{{cite news|last=Del Valle|first=Gaby|date=September 19, 2024|title=The FTC says social media companies can't be trusted to regulate themselves|website=The Verge|publisher=Vox Media|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/19/24249073/ftc-data-retention-privacy-report-facebook-meta-youtube-reddit|access-date=September 21, 2024}}</ref><ref name="FTC">{{cite report|title=A Look Behind the Screens: Examining the Data Practices of Social Media and Video Streaming Services|year=2024|publisher=Federal Trade Commission|url=https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/Social-Media-6b-Report-9-11-2024.pdf|access-date=September 21, 2024}}</ref> Based upon the report's findings, the FTC recommended that Congress pass a comprehensive federal [[Information privacy|data privacy]] law.<ref name="NBC" /><ref name="The Verge" /><ref name="FTC" />