Social media collects, sells extra private knowledge than most understand, research finds

A Federal Trade Commission research discovered social media platforms like Meta, YouTube and TikTok interact in "vast surveillance" of customers and revenue from the info by promoting it to advertisers. New York Times reporter joins CBS News to debate the findings.

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