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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: 5, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 15 2019, @11:36AM (6 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday May 15 2019, @11:36AM (#843781)

    If Facebook was already "under oversight" and had recurrent lapses, it would seem like the oversight needs to be stronger, more invasive of Facebook's business practices, if it is expected to be effective.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 15 2019, @11:42AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 15 2019, @11:42AM (#843785)

    Which agency has the nous and capability to police such an enterprise?

    • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 15 2019, @07:48PM

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday May 15 2019, @07:48PM (#843949)

      Which agency has the nous and capability to police such an enterprise?

      the Cyber Rules And Privacy taskforce, of course.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday May 15 2019, @12:36PM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 15 2019, @12:36PM (#843798) Journal

    it would seem like the oversight needs to be stronger, more invasive of Facebook's business practices,

    You mean... like an undersight? Ewww!

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    • (Score: 2) by coolgopher on Wednesday May 15 2019, @12:50PM (2 children)

      by coolgopher (1157) on Wednesday May 15 2019, @12:50PM (#843805)

      Well we can't let anyone get away with having foresight!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 15 2019, @04:11PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 15 2019, @04:11PM (#843869)

        That's why we cut their foreskins off in infancy.

      • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 15 2019, @07:52PM

        by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday May 15 2019, @07:52PM (#843950)

        Personally, anything is better than being subjected to insight.

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