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The head of the FTC voted against it and gave his reasoning here: https://twitter.com/chopraftc/status/1154010756079390720 https://twitter.com/chopraftc/status

The head of the FTC voted against it and gave his reasoning here: https://twitter.com/chopraftc/status/1154010756079390720 https://twitter.com/chopraftc/status/1154010756079390720 One that stood out for me is complete immunity for for the execs for "known" and "unknown" violations: "Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and other executives get blanket immunity for their role in the violations. This is wrong and sets a terrible precedent. The law doesn’t give them a special exemption. The settlement fine print gives Facebook broad immunity for “known” and “unknown” violations. What’s covered by these immunity deals? Facebook knows, but the public is kept in the dark."

jiveturkey 7y ago
this needs to be at the top
tantalor 7y ago
No different than the broad immunity granted to legislators and top executives in government who authorize and oversee the worst abuses of government.
g00s3_caLL_x2 7y ago
Law enforcement leverages social media in a major way. They have customized software that interfaces with all the major environments and ties them all together. It makes their jobs (LEO) much easier. They are not going to shit where they eat.
- bilbo0s 7y ago
  Yep. That's exactly the violations I figured they were getting immunity from. I mean, let's be real, they're not going to undo any of that, and they likely want to make sure that any new social nets set up the same facilities for them.
tareqak 7y ago
Rohit Chopra is not the head of the FTC: he's one of the five FTC commissioners [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission#Current_membership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission#Curre...
- thesausageking 7y ago
  You're right. Thanks. I misunderstood what "Commissioner" meant.
3xblah 7y ago
"Facebook knows, but the public is kept in the dark." What stood out for me were the two dissenting statements by Commissioners Chopra and Slaughter. https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/public_statements/1536918/182_3109_slaughter_statement_on_facebook_7-24-19.pdf https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/public_statements... https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/public_statements/1536911/chopra_dissenting_statement_on_facebook_7-24-19.pdf https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/public_statements... Chopra disagreed with the decision not to charge the `bergs and noted that in the Cambridge Analytica case the former CEO was charged. Slaughter believes that there was sufficient evidence to name Zuckerberg in a lawsuit. It is possible that Facebook fears Mark Zuckerberg being subjected to court-ordered discovery and put under oath. He came very close in a shareholder lawsuit some years ago and Facebook settled on the day before he was to testify.

jiveturkey 7y ago

this needs to be at the top

tantalor 7y ago

No different than the broad immunity granted to legislators and top executives in government who authorize and oversee the worst abuses of government.

g00s3_caLL_x2 7y ago

Law enforcement leverages social media in a major way. They have customized software that interfaces with all the major environments and ties them all together. It makes their jobs (LEO) much easier. They are not going to shit where they eat.

bilbo0s 7y ago
Yep. That's exactly the violations I figured they were getting immunity from. I mean, let's be real, they're not going to undo any of that, and they likely want to make sure that any new social nets set up the same facilities for them.

tareqak 7y ago

Rohit Chopra is not the head of the FTC: he's one of the five FTC commissioners [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission#Current_membership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission#Curre...

thesausageking 7y ago
You're right. Thanks. I misunderstood what "Commissioner" meant.

3xblah 7y ago

"Facebook knows, but the public is kept in the dark." What stood out for me were the two dissenting statements by Commissioners Chopra and Slaughter. https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/public_statements/1536918/182_3109_slaughter_statement_on_facebook_7-24-19.pdf https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/public_statements... https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/public_statements/1536911/chopra_dissenting_statement_on_facebook_7-24-19.pdf https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/public_statements... Chopra disagreed with the decision not to charge the `bergs and noted that in the Cambridge Analytica case the former CEO was charged. Slaughter believes that there was sufficient evidence to name Zuckerberg in a lawsuit. It is possible that Facebook fears Mark Zuckerberg being subjected to court-ordered discovery and put under oath. He came very close in a shareholder lawsuit some years ago and Facebook settled on the day before he was to testify.