Facebook gets away with $5b FTC fine for leaking your data

The Next Web
By Ivan MehtaJul 24, 2019, 10:08 am142 pts
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has slapped a $5 billion fine on Facebook in wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and its other data leaks. In an agreement filed today, the FTC has also ordered the social network to make privacy-related changes to avoid such mishaps in the future. The new order…

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