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The FTC initially wanted a fine worth tens of billions, plus potential jail time for execs.
Social Media Firm Sending Out Notifications to 'Thousands' of ParentsFacebook is fixing a design flaw in its Messenger Kids app that allowed children under the age of 13 to enter into group chats...
Mark Zuckerberg Must Ensure Compliance With Commission's OrderThe U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission officially announced a privacy settlement with Facebook that includes a...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today officially confirmed that Facebook has agreed to pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine over privacy violations surrounding the Cambridge Analytica scandal....
Facebook has to pay a $5 billion penalty and submit to new restrictions and a modified corporate structure that will hold the company accountable for the decisions it makes about its users’...
Federal regulators have fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and are instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. But they are only holding CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
A hole in the supposed closed-loop messaging system allowed children to join group chats with people their parents hadn’t approved.
Facebook has coughed up £3m to help launch an anti-scam service as well as introducing a tool to report scam ads on its UK site.
Democrat Sherrod Brown Calls Company 'Dangerous'At a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers grilled a Facebook executive about the company's plans to launch a cryptocurrency. One...
It's 200x greater than the largest fine ever for breaking a promise to improve privacy practices.