FTC Demands Top Social Media Apps Including Twitter, Instagram, And YouTube Submit Data On How They’re Stopping Deceptive Ads

In case you haven’t noticed, there has been a dramatic rise in deceptive ads on various social media apps.

No matter how many probes have been conducted and new legislations have been introduced, the FTC revealed on Thursday how it was now working hard to investigate the ordeal.

This cited a large rise in consumers who were falling for fraud related to such ads online. Therefore, to tackle the ordeal, this American regulating firm is working hard to issue orders and demand the apps submit data to try and prevent this from arising in the first place.

The companies being outlined include Facebook, Twitch, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. Moreover, the FTC says all of these firms are needed by the law to comply with the request.

See, by calling out all of these firms, the FTC is indirectly trying to produce a study that would examine the entire problem like how fraudsters are circulating the ads in today’s time.

So now, these companies are forced to submit their version of the report that includes data from 2019 to 2023.

The study is designed to assist the firm make sure all social media and video streaming firms do all that is in their power to keep scammers away. Similarly, they’re trying to keep deceptive ads off the app.

With reference to this own data, the FTC adds how consumers from 2022 mentioned losing nearly $1.2 billion to fund fraud schemes seen rolling around social media. And when you come to think of it, it’s more than any other means for contacting.

Most apps have plenty of safeguards in place that stop fraudsters from carrying out abuse on the system. But the FTC says it wishes to see which firms are carrying out an inspection for compliance, including those conducting human-based reviews of advertisements through automated systems.

Other than that, the American regulation will conduct an examination of the financial incentives of different social media firms that turn a blind eye to scam ads.

These orders also need the firms to report advertising revenue and the number of views each ad got, alongside so many more metrics being used today.

The crackdown is definitely appearing to be positive so far but only time will tell what benefits it brings to the table in the near future.