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Google to pay up to $200 million to FTC on YouTube probe - source

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Aug 31 12:15 PM

WASHINGTON - Alphabet Inc's Google will spend up to $200 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission investigation into YouTube's alleged violation of a children's privacy law, a person briefed on the matter told Reuters.   Read more »

Facebook to pay record $5 billion US fine over privacy violations

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Jul 24 08:57 PM

Facebook Inc will pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine to resolve a government probe into its privacy practices and the social media giant will restructure its approach to privacy, the US Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday. Read more »

$5-billion US fine set for Facebook on privacy probe: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 13 09:53 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - US regulators have approved a $5-billion penalty to be levied on Facebook to settle a probe into the social network's privacy and data protection lapses, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Read more »

US moving toward major antitrust probe of tech giants

Diane Bartz and Jan Wolfe, Reuters
Posted at Jun 04 08:11 AM

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, which enforce antitrust laws in the United States, have divided oversight over the 4 companies, two sources said, with Amazon and Facebook under the watch of the FTC, and Apple and Google under the Justice Department. Read more »

US Facebook fine over privacy could be in billions: reports

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 16 02:38 PM

A US investigation into privacy violations by Facebook could result in a record fine running to billions of dollars, media reports said Friday. Read more »