Amazon, TikTok, Facebook, Others Ordered To Explain What They Do With User Data

Amazon, TikTok, Facebook, Others Ordered To Explain What They Do With User Data Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images Updated Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. ET 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. The inquiry also asks the social media and video streaming companies to hand over information on how they process the data collected and how advertising and engagement practices impact young, underage users. The Norwegian Consumer Council published a report in January showing 10 apps collected sensitive information including a user's exact location, sexual orientation, religious and political beliefs, drug use and other information in a practice called "data harvesting."