Fri Sep 20 13:30:00 UTC 2024: ## Music Publishing Summit Coming to London, FTC Slams Social Media Surveillance

**London, UK -** Music industry professionals are invited to attend a dedicated international music publishing summit in London, providing a platform to discuss key issues in the industry. Tickets are now available for this unique forum.

**In other news, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a scathing report criticizing data collection practices by major social media and video streaming services.** The report, which focuses on companies like Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter, accuses these platforms of “vast surveillance” of users, exploiting personal information for profit while failing to adequately protect users, especially children and teens.

The FTC chair, Lina Khan, stated that the companies are harvesting enormous amounts of personal data and monetizing it to the tune of billions of dollars annually. These practices, while lucrative for the companies, pose significant threats to user privacy and expose them to various harms, from identity theft to stalking. The report only offers recommendations, urging companies to clean up their act and calling for policymakers to implement new laws to enforce these changes.

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