Facebook: Discussions With FTC About Recent Policy Changes Routine

Sen. Ed Markey calls social giant's shift 'troubling'

Facebook is talking with the Federal Trade Commission about its recent changes to its data-use policy. But the social network insists that the discussions are "routine" and that the controversial changes explaining how it uses consumer data in its ads aren't really changes at all, but merely "updates."

"We routinely discuss policy updates with the FTC and this time is no different. Importantly, our updated policies do not grant Facebook any additional rights to use consumer information in advertising.

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