OK, I have a probably dumb question. In TFA, I see: > Following a yearlong investigation by the FTC, the Department of Justice will file a complaint[0] on beha

OK, I have a probably dumb question. In TFA, I see: > Following a yearlong investigation by the FTC, the Department of Justice will file a complaint[0] on behalf of the Commission alleging that Facebook repeatedly used deceptive disclosures and settings to undermine users’ privacy preferences in violation of its 2012 FTC order. These tactics allowed the company to share users’ personal information with third-party apps that were downloaded by the user’s Facebook “friends.” The FTC alleges that many users were unaware that Facebook was sharing such information, and therefore did not take the steps needed to opt-out of sharing. So does this settlement correspond to that complaint? I'm guessing that it must. But then, that means that the FTC negotiated the settlement with Facebook based on an unfiled complaint. That rather implies that Facebook had some influence over the complaint. I guess that's not very different from plea bargaining in criminal cases, however. 0) https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/182_3109_facebook_complaint_filed_7-24-19.pdf https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/182_3109_fa...