Public Health, Youth, Consumer Groups Urge FTC To Examine Facebook’s Policy Changes
The Federal Trade Commission is getting another earful about the update to Facebook’s data use policy and statement of rights and responsibilities, which the social network announced Aug. 29, and this time, the opposition is coming from a coalition of more than 20 public health, youth, and consumer groups.
The Federal Trade Commission is getting another earful about the update to Facebook’s data use policy and statement of rights and responsibilities, which the social network announced Aug. 29, and this time, the opposition is coming from a coalition of more than 20 public health, youth, and consumer groups.
The Los Angeles Times reported that groups including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Collaboration for Youth, Pediatrics Now, and Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity were among the groups that sent a letter to the FTC Tuesday, urging the commission to closely examine Facebook’s policy revision stating that parents or legal guardians of users under 18 automatically grant their consent for the social network to use the teens’ images and personal information in advertising.
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