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Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years of Oversight

posted by martyb on Wednesday May 15 2019, @08:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the because-2011's-20-year-oversight-agreement-was-so-effective? dept.

Fnord666 writes:

https://www.silicon.co.uk/workspace/facebook-us-settlement-could-impose-20-years-of-oversight-246707

Facebook is nearing a settlement with US regulators over its privacy and data practices that would put it under 20 years of oversight, Reuters reported.

The deal with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would resolve a probe into whether it violated a similar pact dating from 2011, which Facebook said it did not.

The probe centres on Facebook's handling of last year's Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the now-defunct political consultancy allegedly misappropriated data on some 87 million users.

[...] Some politicians and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes have pointed out that the 2011 arrangement failed to prevent the Cambridge Analytica incident from occurring.

They have called for more stringent measures, such as forcing Facebook to sell off properties such as the WhatsApp messaging system, acquired in 2014, and Instagram, which it bought in 2012.

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday May 15 2019, @09:18AM (3 children)

    by Bot (3902) on Wednesday May 15 2019, @09:18AM (#843745) Journal

    I would have simply put a disclaimer in the front page: warning, every activity inside here (posting and peeking at posts) is to be considered public. Facefook will comply with authorities in case of investigations.
    Then I would have touched no content.
    Then I would have invoked common carrier status if anybody questioned me.
    Then I would have counted the money when people publicize their business and send cat videos.

    But then, I don't have an agenda. Does Zucky and his backers?

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 15 2019, @11:38AM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday May 15 2019, @11:38AM (#843784)

    I don't have an agenda. Does Zucky and his backers?

    Anything as big as Facebook has multiple agendas, imposed from both inside and outside the organization.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 15 2019, @12:33PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 15 2019, @12:33PM (#843797)

    But then, I don't have an agenda.

    Who the hell needs an agenda when he has painfully faulty diodes on his left side?

    • (Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday May 15 2019, @01:17PM

      by Bot (3902) on Wednesday May 15 2019, @01:17PM (#843810) Journal

      Apparently, nothing good ever works, on the left.

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