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Cox Media Fined for Alleged User Surveillance
The Federal Trade Commission fined Cox Media and its marketing partners after they claimed to have secretly listened to users via their phones and smart devices, despite lacking evidence of such capabilities.
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The Verge
An exceptionally weird controversy has come back to haunt Cox Media and a pair of marketing firms, which claimed they were secretly listening to users via phones and smart devices - despite little evidence they actually could. On Thursday the Federal Trade Commission announced that Cox, MindSift, an
2026-05-25 18:28 UTC