Castigated for serious privacy failings ,Facebook is facing with some difficulties.On November 29th America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced they had reached a draft settlement with the social networks over allegations for Facebook misleading people.
The details of the settlement sued that Facebook deceived its users’ .It is also notable because Facebook appears to be a part of broader attempts by the FTC to craft a new privacy framework to settle the swift rise of social networks in America.
The regulator’s findings came at a sensitive time for Facebook, which is said to be preparing for a public offering,valued $100 billion., next year. For its blockbuster flotation, the firm needs to resolve its privacy tussles with regulators in America and Europe.Hence it’s willing to negotiate the settlement unveiled this week, which should be finished after public comments.
Announcing the agreement, the FTC had found some cases that Facebook had made claims for “unfair and deceptive, and violated federal law”,for instance, it passed personally information to advertisers.And it failed to keep a promise, making photos and videos inaccessible for deactivated and deleted accounts .
The settlement doesn’t constitute an admission by Facebook for braking the law,but the regulator are embarrassing for the company nonetheless.In a blog post, Mark Zuckerberg tried to reduce the impact of the deal.Firstly he claimed that “a little high-profile mistakes” were overshadowing the social network’s “good history” on privacy.Then he said, Facebook could improve and he had hired two new “chief privacy officers”.
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