Facebook Hit With $5B Penalty, Must Establish Independent Privacy Committee

Attendees walk past a Facebook logo during Facebook Inc's F8 developers conference in San Jose, Calif., on April 30, 2019. Stephen Lam/File Photo via Reuters
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it is imposed a record-breaking $5 billion penalty on Facebook July 24.

Last year, allegations emerged that Facebook was sharing the private information of its users, without their consent, to third-party app developers—among other things.

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Miguel Moreno
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Miguel Moreno has worked for years as an NTD reporter, and now mainly works as a producer. Moreno has produced and co-produced multiple programs, including NTD Evening News, The Presidential Roller Coaster: 2024, and Mysteries of Life. Besides being a show producer, Moreno has produced for films, the latest one being "The Unseen Crisis," a documentary on vaccine injuries.
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