Facebook's "Privacy Fiasco" Reaches New Milestone With FTC Complaint

Facebook has been hoping that the new privacy changes would just blow over. Unfortunately for Facbeook, a group of ten privacy and consumer groups announced today that they have filed a complaint with the FTC, alleging that the the privacy-policy changes violate federal law. The group is “urging the FTP ‘to open an investigation into the recent changes made by Facebook … and to require Facebook to restore privacy safeguards.'”

The privacy “fiasco” centers around Facebook’s new transition tool which encourages users to open up their profile so that more data is publicly available.

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