The Federal Trade Commission is demanding that nine social media and tech companies share details on how they harness users’ data and what they do with the information.
Amazon.com, TikTok owner ByteDance, Discord, Facebook, Reddit, Snap, Twitter, WhatsApp (also owned by Facebook), and YouTube were sent orders by the FTC on Monday to provide the commission with details on their data collection and advertising practices. The companies have 45 days to respond to the order.
Representatives for these companies didn’t immediately respond to NPR’s request for comment.
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