News Report: FTC Narrowly Approves $5 Billion Facebook Settlement

[Admin]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly approved a $5 billion settlement with Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal that erupted in 2018.

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[oneblackened]

I should point out the two board members who voted against this did so because they wanted a harsher penalty than the one levied.

 

[mihen]

I thought it was known for years that Facebook's business is selling user information. Google does the same thing and it's in their ToS. I think the only reason for any outrage is because Orange Man bad.

 

[TJ Hooker]

I thought it was known for years that Facebook's business is selling user information. Google does the same thing and it's in their ToS. I think the only reason for any outrage is because Orange Man bad.

The issue is not that FB is collecting/selling information. The issue is that they were/are not collecting/handling that data in the way they tell their users that they are.