"We believe that ISPs are situated to collect vast swaths of information about their customers, including personal information, financial information, and information regarding subscriber online activity," the FCC's 129-page notice of proposed rulemaking states.

It's not every day the right-wing Thomas More Society, civil liberties organization Electronic Frontier Foundation and tech industry groups like NetChoice agree, but they're united in the belief that New York's new online hate speech law is unconstitutional.

"Consumers do not have the time to read hundreds of pages of dense privacy policies, and it should not be their burden to do so," FTC consumer protection chief Samuel Levine said Thursday.

"I think we need to accept that self-regulation around digital privacy is not working. And I think we need to learn from these mistakes as we confront the next wave of emerging technology," FTC consumer protection head Samuel Levine said.

The decision could give a boost to the tech industry, New York Times Company and other opponents of a California law that regulates how tech platforms display content to teens.

A new Arkansas law requiring social platforms to verify users' ages and prohibiting teens under 18 from having social-media accounts without parental permission likely violates the First Amendment rights of adults as well as teens.

Robert F Kennedy Jr. has failed to persuade a judge to order YouTube to refrain from suppressing videos in which he expressed controversial views about vaccinations.

A new Adalytics report is sparking calls for an investigation into YouTube's privacy practices.

The FTC is currently considering new rules that would require health-related online websites and mobile apps to notify consumers if their identifiable health information was disclosed without "authorization."

Vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, claims YouTube violated the First Amendment by removing videos in which he expressed controversial views about vaccinations.