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FTC: Facebook Lied To Users About Authentication, Facial Recognition

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The Washington Post is reporting that as part of a milestone settlement against Facebook, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is going to say that Facebook lied to users about handling phone numbers and that it misled users about turning off a photo recognition tool. The new board committee will be added to the existing team.

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FTC Expected To Reveal Details Of $5B Facebook Fine

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The Federal Trade Commission will soon announce the details of a settlement with Facebook over privacy violations, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal on Monday (July 22). Facebook will create a new board committee that will solely exist to focus on privacy, as part of the settlement. .

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FTC Split On Size, Scope Of Facebook Fine

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With Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission in the final stages of settlement talks, disagreements between the five-member FTC panel are complicating the discussions. Facebook is in talks with the FTC to settle a lawsuit stemming from its scandal with Cambridge Analytica.

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Unprecedented Facebook Data-Sharing Plan Takes Off After Privacy Delays 

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Finally, after numerous privacy delays, the joint commission established by Facebook and the Social Science Research Council announced that it now had access to one of the largest social science datasets ever constructed. . Some privacy advocates were against the project.

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U.S. Regulators Eye ‘Record’ Facebook Fine For Privacy Violations

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Regulators in the United States have reportedly met to discuss levying fines against social media giant Facebook , a punishment that could be sizable in scope and which comes in the wake of privacy violations. Other data privacy issues have been reported beyond that linkup. million paid by Google in 2012.

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Advocacy Groups Call On FTC To Break Up Facebook

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The FTC is about to complete an investigation into the data breach and whether Facebook violated a consent decree reached in 2011 and could levy Facebook with a sizeable fine, reported The Wall Street Journal. In 2011 the FTC said Facebook deceived customers by sharing data it said it was kept private.

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Facebook Defends Data Sharing Tool As FTC Compliant

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Facebook is defending its data sharing tool, saying it was in compliance with a 2011 privacy agreement with the Federal Trade Commission. According to Bloomberg , the FTC is investigating whether Facebook violated the 2011 law that requires the company to get consent from users before sharing information.

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