Disney hit with $10M FTC fine for allegedly collecting children’s data
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Adrianne Appel2025-09-03T17:43:00
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed an enforcement action against Disney for allegedly collecting personal information about children, and then threw salt in the wound by calling the company out in an alert emailed to an untold number of businesses.
The FTC action comes as the Federal Communications Commission investigates Disney for its embrace of diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
President Donald Trump has made it a priority of his administration to try and end DEI.
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