EPIC vs. FTC: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is faced with with a treatment which has been filed by team Electronic Privacy Information Center, also known as EPIC.
The lawsuit is intended to prevent the FTC from approving the settlement with Facebook. As we mentioned earlier this week facebook has to pay one fine ύψους 5 δισεκατομμυρίων δολαρίων, και να εφαρμόσει κάποιες αλλαγές για την protection of privacy.
Where is the problem; the FTC was very lenient with the largest social network, as Facebook's latest earnings report shows that it is gaining three times the FTC fine in just three months.
EPIC challenges the fairness of the terms of the FTC's settlement and may cause the agency to change the terms of the deal to better deal with complaints lodged by individuals and consumer groups.
The EPIC group not only cites the size of the fine as a problem, but appears to be upset with how Facebook has managed to avoid responsibility for everything it has done, since the settlement with the FTC allowed the company to avoid admitting guilt. for massive privacy and leak scandals data, like her scandal Cambridge Analytica.
EPIC also wants the court to rule on whether the FTC has granted Facebook blanket immunity from past legal challenges and whether the scope applications of the settlement can be expanded to include issues such as the widespread use of facial recognition without their consent and violations of children's privacy. Earlier this week, The Verge reported that Facebook had discovered a bug in its Messenger Kids app that allowed users under the age of 13 to start group chats with adults.
EPIC has filed numerous complaints against Facebook about the company's privacy practices. The team also reports that there are more than 26.000 other complaints against Facebook from 2011 when the company signed a consensual decree with the FTC, which allegedly would stop making the same violations. According to the New York Times. there have been 8.000 complaints submitted by consumers only 2018.
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