FTC Says Facebook Violated 2020 Consent Decree
FTC:
The Federal Trade Commission proposed changes to the agency’s 2020 privacy order with Facebook after alleging that the company has failed to fully comply with the order, misled parents about their ability to control with whom their children communicated through its Messenger Kids app, and misrepresented the access it provided some app developers to private user data.
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This is the third time the FTC has taken action against Facebook for allegedly failing to protect users’ privacy.
Via Matt Stoller:
So the FTC will ban targeted ads to children, to stop the incentive to engage in surveillance.
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Facebook is extremely mad and calls it a ‘political stunt,’ saying the FTC should focus on TikTok.
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The order has some other requirements, like forcing a privacy assessment before launching new products.
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What happens now? There will be a hearing where Facebook will make its case that they didn’t in fact violate the consent decree or laws against deception and tracking children online.
Strange how Meta, previously Facebook, keeps having problems with its video and advertising products in ways which benefit the company. It should really look into why that is so often the case.
Previously:
- Google Accused of Violating Retention Obligations
- Facebook Pays Teens to Install VPN That Spies on Them
Update (2023-05-22): Callum Paton:
Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland’s regulator announced on Monday.
Update (2023-05-25): Nick Heer:
Meta seems to be right in pleading scapegoat for a technique used by plenty of other businesses. However, few can claim the scope and scale of Meta’s violations, and especially its frequency. Companies owned by Meta represent seven of the ten greatest penalties issued under GDPR rules.
