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FTC confirms probe of Facebook as Mark Zuckerberg fights to regain trust
Washington Examiner ^ | 03/26/2018 | James Langford

Posted on 03/26/2018 12:20:17 PM PDT by ptsal

The Federal Trade Commission confirmed a probe into how Facebook secures information shared by billions of users as CEO Mark Zuckerberg fights to regain customer confidence in the social media giant's privacy protections.

The commission, which reached a settlement in 2011 with the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company on its handling of user data, "takes very seriously recent press reports raising substantial concerns about the privacy practices of Facebook," Tom Pahl, acting director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement on Monday. The commission "has an open non-public investigation into these practices,” he said.

The FTC, which enforces privacy regulations in the U.S., is inquiring about information acquired by Donald Trump's campaign consultant, Cambridge Analytica, on Facebook users and their connections, or "friends," within the platform's network, according to a person familiar with the matter.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: facebook; identity; scrapping; zuckerberg
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To: colorado tanker

I have always thought Facebook was an intel community thing.


21 posted on 03/26/2018 12:41:24 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-61


22 posted on 03/26/2018 12:42:09 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: ptsal
Mark Zuckerberg is a FALSE STORE FRONT for a global cabal data collection operation of every person on Earth called FACEBOOK.

What better way to spy on everyone than to have each and every person VOLUNTEER THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION so big brother can watch your every move and KNOW HOW YOU THINK?

23 posted on 03/26/2018 12:43:46 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

24 posted on 03/26/2018 12:44:13 PM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Looks like a Nakajima Tony.


25 posted on 03/26/2018 12:46:17 PM PDT by 03A3 (FTNFL)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
Mark Zuckerberg is a FALSE STORE FRONT for a global cabal data collection operation of every person on Earth called FACEBOOK.

That is funny you say this, and it should be repeated far and wide. It is Precisely why I DON'T DO SOCIAL MEDIA and never signed up for any of it!!!!
26 posted on 03/26/2018 12:48:49 PM PDT by eyeamok (Tolerance: The virtue of having a belief in Nothing!)
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To: ptsal

Ooooh, maybe the liberals’ solution will be to control the press. Will that satisfy the frothers?? Maybe they could eliminate that pesky Bill of Rights altogether.


27 posted on 03/26/2018 1:08:19 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: jospehm20

I never post on Facebook. The most I do is wish someone happy birthday or occasionally “like” someone’s post.


28 posted on 03/26/2018 1:09:08 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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Beast corportions. Not freedom or merit based.


29 posted on 03/26/2018 1:11:31 PM PDT by veracious (UN = OIC = Islam ; Dems may change USAgov completely, just amend USConstitution)
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To: colorado tanker

This a fake scandal.


30 posted on 03/26/2018 1:12:02 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: jospehm20

“I have always thought Facebook was an intel community thing.”

Definitely suspicious from the git-go. It’s free for everyone to join and use. Zuckerberg and FB are worth BBBillions of dollars. One of those thing that make you go, “Hmmm...”

As someone said, if you’re not paying for a product, you ARE the product.


31 posted on 03/26/2018 1:17:49 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: ptsal

If you ask me, it should be the Federal ELECTION Commission that is investigating Fakebook in general, and Zuckerberg and the rest of the 2012 Board of Directors in particular, for violations of the campaign finance laws.


32 posted on 03/26/2018 1:34:51 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: colorado tanker

If you posted that you “liked” someone’s post on Facebook Yucky Zuck will track everything you do for the rest of your life.

Nothing to worry about.... :-(

That is why Facebook must be broken into a million pieces and the ashes burnt.


33 posted on 03/26/2018 1:37:23 PM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: skeeter

Kawasaki lets the good times roll!


34 posted on 03/26/2018 1:39:04 PM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: ptsal

What I am enjoying is the revelation that Zuckerberg maybe an internet genius, but is a total failure as a manager or leader.

For some reason, people seem to think that just because a couple of brainy kids put together something as clever as Facebook, that makes them corporate managers and CEO material.

Zuckerberg’s recent pathetic whining, playing the victim, and incoherent ramblings pretty much proves he is waaaay over his head when it comes to actually managing a company.


35 posted on 03/26/2018 1:44:24 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse (Never fear the cow)
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To: skeeter

I see that now.


36 posted on 03/26/2018 1:52:00 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is what I read in the papers.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Kawasaki Ki-61?


37 posted on 03/26/2018 1:56:24 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Ozark Tom

Powered by a Daimler V-12 derivative and designed by a German aircraft engineer.


38 posted on 03/26/2018 2:01:00 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Ozark Tom

The engine cowl and the radiator underneath is the clue.


39 posted on 03/26/2018 2:04:40 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is what I read in the papers.)
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To: Guenevere

How to delete, disable, or limit your Facebook account       

40 posted on 03/26/2018 2:08:15 PM PDT by OneHun
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