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Facebook to be fined $5bn for Cambridge Analytica privacy violations – reports — The Guardian

The Federal Trade Commission has reportedly voted to approve fining Facebook roughly $5bn to settle an investigation into the company’s privacy violations that was launched following the Cambridge Analytica revelations, writes Julia Carrie Wong.

Here is the link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/12/facebook-fine-ftc-privacy-violations 

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