FTC confirms probe of Facebook as Mark Zuckerberg fights to regain trust

Washington Examiner ^ | 03/26/2018 | James Langford

[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.

[OneHun]

6 Must-Change Settings to Facebook ASAP - CyberGuy

http://cyberguy.com/privacy/6-must-change-settings-to-facebook-asap/

 

Taking back personal data from Facebook

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5756894695001/?#sp=show-clips

[tbw2]

Funny, When Obama Harvested Facebook Data On Millions Of Users To Win In 2012, Everyone Cheered
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/facebook-data-scandal-trump-election-obama-2012/

Inside the Secret World of the Data Crunchers Who Helped Obama Win

Data-driven decisionmaking played a huge role in creating a second term for the 44th President and will be one of the more closely studied elements of the 2012 cycle
http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/07/inside-the-secret-world-of-quants-and-data-crunchers-who-helped-obama-win/?iid=sl-article-mostpop1

[Guenevere]

Thank you!

[OneHun]

You are welcome!