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Record Facebook fine won’t end scrutiny of the company
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
Facebook survived its lat-
est brush with U.S. privacy PRIVATE
regulators, at the cost of a
record $5 billion fine and
other restrictions imposed
by the Federal Trade Com-
mission. But it’s far from PARTY
home free. While the com-
pany looks set to prosper in
the wake of the FTC case,
it faces a series of other in-
vestigations into its privacy
practices in Europe and
across the U.S. Concerns
over the limits of the just-
settled probe could fuel
efforts to craft tougher pri-
vacy laws at the state and
federal level.
The social network is also
gearing up to fight inves-
tigations into its allegedly
anticompetitive behavior,
such as Facebook’s habit
of buying would-be rivals
like Instagram and bla-
tantly duplicating features
introduced by competing In this April 11, 2018, file photo Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses while testifying before a House Energy and Commerce
services. hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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