FTC probing Facebook for use of personal data: report

[laserhaas]

Source: The HILL

Link to tweet

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly launching an investigation into Facebook over whether it violated terms of consent in the wake of reports a data firm harvested information from millions of profiles.

Bloomberg News reported Tuesday that the investigation relates to whether Facebook allowed Cambridge Analytica, the data firm used by the Trump campaign, to obtain some Facebook users' personal data in violation of its policies.

Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica from the platform on Friday after reports it had not fully deleted data it obtained from Cambridge University professor Aleksandr Kogan.

The professor reportedly harvested more than 50 million Facebook profiles from his app, which required a Facebook login, despite only 270,000 having given permission for their data to be harvested.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/379273-ftc-probing-facebook-for-use-of-personal-data-report?amp&__twitter_impression=true

[bronxiteforever]

1. FTC wont be looking at Cambridge Analytica

The GOP Sugar Daddy Mercer Crime Family runs that black bag company.

[lagomorph777]

2. Mueller's got that covered.

[bronxiteforever]

4. Nix lied to Parliament so I am hoping Brits get first shot!

[lagomorph777]

10. They may actually be a good bet, despite having fallen for a Putin scheme themselves recently

(Brexit)

[neohippie]

3. It looks like SCL may belong to Russians

This thread seems to indicate a link between Alpha bank and SCL the parent company that started Cambridge Analytica

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210383859

I posted links in there with more information about CA that needs to be looked into

[laserhaas]

5. WOW

[FailureToCommunicate]

8. And Rachel was showing the CA connection with Kremlin tied oil company Lukoil

[yuiyoshida]

6. The reason I left facebook is because

they exposed personal information that was like Need to Know.. stuff. I was quite upset./

[BigmanPigman]

7. The US wants Fucker berg to appear in person unlike last time

when he sent a rep like Twitter did when they testified in Congress. They lied and did violate the 2011 law about the privacy bill of rights. Congress wants to know what Facebook did to ensure this and what does he plan to do to keep it from happening again. This is the biggest compromise of a political election if the reports are true. Mueller IS on it and is following the CA business as far as how Russia, the Mercers, Flynn, Bannon etc. are involved.

[elmac]

9. Yes they did

and I bet twitter, and others made the same violations.