FTC approves roughly $5B fine for Facebook

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Facebook's $5 billion fine for privacy violations is slammed as a 'slap on the wrist' by critics

The Federal Trade Commission has voted to fine Facebook a record-breaking $5 billion following a long-running investigation into the tech giant’s repeated failure’s to protect its users’ privacy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

 

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What a sweetheart deal between FTC and Facebook MarkZuckerberg costing privacy of millions of users.

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Last time you gents were fined $5bn, did you consider it a slap on the wrists or rather more painful? CaptainCockfos1 briang8394

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