Google and Apple might get investigated by the FTC for allegedly selling user data

Four lawmakers have written to the FTC asking for an investigation on Apple and Google and ad-related tracking.

and even caused Meta's shares to plummet. But it seems that four lawmakers still want the FTC to investigate Apple, as well as Google.

Both Apple and Google have taken steps previously to give users more privacy options. As we already mentioned above, Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency last year with iOS 14.5, while Google is planning to introduce new privacy restrictions on Android too.

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