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US seeks data on how Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and others use personal data

Reuters
Posted at Dec 15 09:01 AM

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking information from Facebook, Twitter and other social media and video streaming companies about how they use the personal information that they collect on their users, the U.S. agency said on Monday. Read more »

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 »