U.S. government issues stunning rebuke, historic $5 billion fine against Facebook for repeated privacy violations

U.S. government issues stunning rebuke, historic $5 billion fine against Facebook for repeated privacy violations

The U.S. government on Wednesday issued an unprecedented rebuke of Facebook after a year of massive privacy mishaps, charging the company deceived its users and “undermined” choices they made to protect their data as part of a settlement that requires the tech giant to pay $5 billion and submit to significant federal oversight of its business practices. U.S. government issues stunning rebuke, historic billion fine against Facebook for repeated privacy violations
Source: Washington Post Tech