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FTC investigating Facebook for alleged privacy violations against users

Original post made on Mar 26, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Facebook Inc. for alleged privacy violations that may have affected millions of users, the agency announced Monday.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, March 26, 2018, 12:13 PM

Comments (4)

Posted by Privacy
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 26, 2018 at 3:08 pm

Privacy is a registered user.

It's really scary how much information Facebook has on all of us. This is a good thread on twitter, where someone dove into the data that Facebook and Google have about him: Web Link


Posted by resident
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 26, 2018 at 3:28 pm

We need some real transparency about what Facebook does with our personal information.


Posted by Dennis
a resident of another community
on Mar 26, 2018 at 4:48 pm

Its a good thing that even though I have a Facebook account,
I have not used it for over three years. Looks like it is time
for a total disconnect.


Posted by AllYouCanEat
a resident of Monta Loma
on Mar 27, 2018 at 3:08 am

Don't be naive if you think Facebook is the only social media company doing this. More to come.


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