2023-05-04 06:26:34
Washington (dpa)
Posted on: Thursday, May 4, 2023 – 9:25 am | Last updated: Thursday 4 May 2023 – 9:25 AM
The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday proposed taking action once morest Facebook parent company Meta, alleging that the company failed to protect children’s privacy.
The regulator said the company failed to fully comply with the 2020 privacy order.
Samuel Levin, director of the commission’s Office of Consumer Protection, said: “Facebook has repeatedly breached its privacy promises. The company’s recklessness has put young users at risk, and Facebook needs to answer for its failures.”
The committee said that part of the proposed measures is to require Meta to obtain the green light from a data protection supervisor before it can release any new products or services.
Meta will also be prevented from benefiting from the data it collects from users under the age of 18.
In a statement, Meta criticized the plans as a “political stunt” and said she would “vigorously fight this measure and expect to prevail”.
The FTC described Wednesday’s action as a “first step” in what is likely to be a long process. The committee gave Mita 30 days to respond to its investigation.
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