FTC proposes blanket ban on Meta profiting from youth data.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed new rules that would ban Meta, Facebook, and its other platforms from monetizing the data of children under 18 years old, citing violations of child privacy protections, including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The proposed changes would also require explicit user consent for any new uses of facial recognition technology and would bar the company from launching new products or services without the green light from an independent privacy assessor. Meta has called the proposal a "political stunt" and plans to fight it.