Former FTC official: Facebook breaches agreement will face huge fines

Sina Technology News Beijing time March 30 morning news, Facebook has signed an agreement in 2011, vowed to protect the user's personal information, former FTC (Federal Trade Commission) officials believe that Facebook seems to violate the agreement, it may face a huge fine.

Officials believe that if Facebook is found to have violated previous promises and failed to protect user data, once it is really fine, it will be fined at most US$40,000 per day for violations. The affected users may soon increase to several million.

Jessica Rich, former director of the FTC's Consumer Protection Agency, said: 'If you have to make me bet, I would say that eventually you will find Facebook violating the regulations. The fine may be very high. 'Because each one is given Any adverse user impact can be seen as a violation of the agreement. Li Qi said: 'The FTC cannot fine billions of dollars, but it can be fined by several hundred million dollars.'

How does Cambridge Analytica get data from Facebook? Does Facebook breach any of its promises? The FTC is investigating. Facebook has not misled users and violated the data export regulatory agreement signed between Europe and the United States. This is also the focus of the investigation.

David Fradeck

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