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'Unprecedented capabilities for surveillance and manipulation': New report calls smart TVs and streaming services a 'Trojan Horse', and urges government action

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Summary
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53% Informative

Center For Digital Democracy (CDD) has written to FTC , FCC , California attorney general, and the CPPA demanding an investigation into the US connected TV industry.

The report says that the streaming industry "has deliberately incorporated many of the data-surveillance marketing practices" that have long undermined privacy and consumer protection in the 'older' world of social media.

VR Score

45

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39

Neutral language

7

Article tone

informal

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English

Language complexity

58

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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