Security News > 2023 > May > Strike three: FTC says Meta still failing to protect user privacy

The US Federal Trade Commission is preparing to take action against Facebook parent company Meta for a third time over claims it failed to protect user privacy, as required under a 2020 agreement Meta made with the regulator.

The rules imposed on Meta by the FTC would be extended under the new order to include any future acquisitions by Meta and would expand limits on the use of facial recognition technology included in the 2020 order.

"This is the third time the FTC has taken action against Facebook for allegedly failing to protect users' privacy," the FTC said.

If the FTC manages to get its changes approved, and barring a surprise response from Meta there's little reason to assume it won't, it would be the second time the original 2012 order was modified because Meta failed to follow orders.

The 2012 order subjected Meta to 20 years of biannual privacy reviews and other restrictions, which the FTC said Facebook violated "Within months of it being finalized" by "Engaging in misrepresentations that helped fuel the Cambridge Analytica scandal."

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