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U.S. FTC seeks information on how Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and others use private information

The Federal Trade Commission is looking for information from Facebook, Twitter and other social media and video streaming companies about how they use the private information that they achieve on their consumers, the corporate mentioned on Monday.
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking information from Facebook, Twitter and other social media and video streaming companies about how they use the personal information that they collect on their users, the agency said on Monday.

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