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It seems like a pretty big repeat of the 2011 settlement. That's also when big statements such as "Facebook's privacy practices will be monitored for the next 2
by mtgx 7y ago
It seems like a pretty big repeat of the 2011 settlement. That's also when big statements such as "Facebook's privacy practices will be monitored for the next 20 years by the FTC" proved to be absolutely meaningless.
Whatever privacy review Facebook was undergoing like once a year was done by a private firm that Facebook could pick and then have to pay. So is it any wonder that those so-called privacy auditors have found nothing wrong with Facebook so far in 8 years? (even as the privacy scandals and Facebook's apologizing perpetuated in the media).
These types of settlements are a joke. There's zero doubt in my mind Facebook already has a plan for how to work around these restrictions and do 90% of what it's already been doing anyway.
As a side-note, does anyone still believe Facebook was genuine about getting Facebook female users' naked pictures "to protect them from revenge porn" genuine?
They've already lied about collecting the phone numbers and facial recognition as being used for security. And those were obvious lies to me from day one, too. Pretty much every new feature Facebook launches that seems good for users has an undertone of "...and this is how we'll track you now."
- throwaway2048 7y agoThere is a lot of misunderstanding about how the FTC regulatory process works in cases like this, outside of securities and other financial instruments, the FTC has very little power to force legally binding fines upon companies. What they do is issue settlements, Facebook agreed to this fine, and to the conditions surrounding it, because if they didn't they might face hard, law based regulation from Congress. The issue here is, the FTC process relies on good faith from the companies it settles with, and Facebook has repeatedly shown to be a bad faith actor in this regard (which is why its a 5 billion dollar fine to begin with) The only way this is going to end is with very onerous regulation from Congress.