Infringement of privacy, Facebook faces a million-dollar fine

This is likely to be the first real penalty that Facebook suffers after the scandal of Cambridge Analytica.

According to the Washington Post, officials of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are currently discussing a record fine for Facebook after a year of scandal with a series of serious violations on exploit and share unauthorized user data.Legislators argued that Facebook may have violated a deal signed in 2012 with the government to protect user data and make clear statements about the need to respect their privacy. .

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If approved and imposed, this will be the first big fine that Facebook faces in the United States after a scandal exposed last spring that personal data of more than 87 million Facebook users were awarded to Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm, without their explicit permission.Then, in October last year, UK lawmakers also fined Facebook £ 500,000 due to the implications of the Cambridge Analytica incident, but that amount is nothing compared to the officials' fines. The US Federal Trade Commission is currently discussing.

The Washington Post revealed that the fines could be larger than the $ 22.5 million imposed by Google in 2012 after managers discovered that the world's largest search engine was secret. track users of the Apple Safari web browser, although no damage is too large.

It's also worth mentioning a bit about the previous scandal between Facebook and FTC.Specifically, in 2012, Facebook also had to testify with the FTC and admitted that the company had deceived users by telling them that some personal information of the user would surely be kept private, while The actual situation is not so.The world's largest social networking site has shared information such as friends lists and posts on individual pages without user consent.This is probably the agreement that FTC regulators now believe Facebook has violated.

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Earlier, after Cambridge Analytica and similar scandals, as if a hacker had access to personal information on 29 million user accounts, the FTC suffered a lot of criticism from members of Congress and human rights advocacy group in the United States for not making timely measures.

'Severe punishment is the only way we can limit Facebook's violations as well as companies that are illegally violating user data and will help change the data industry. and pursue growth on the basis of respect for privacy.This action should be taken sooner and more seriously by managers and Congress to deal with the fact that online platforms are seriously abusing users' data.Free Press, a media and media advocacy organization, said in a statement released on Thursday.

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According to the Washington Post, the findings in the investigation for Facebook have not been made clear, and the total amount of fines is still being discussed thoroughly.In a related move, Facebook's representative recently had a meeting with FTC investigators.During the past year, Facebook has also had to work directly with the FTC to settle the issue, not knowing whether the company will accept the penalty it expects to apply.As for the FTC, this agency has not yet made any official comments.

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