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Tech execs who lie about privacy violations could face 20 years behind bars under a newly proposed Senate bill — Business Insider

A bill scheduled to be introduced on Thursday in the Senate proposes harsher punishments for tech companies and executives found responsible for privacy violations,...

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...

Cambridge Analytica owner fined £15,000 for ignoring data request — The Guardian

Cambridge Analytica’s parent company, SCL Elections, has been fined £15,000 for failing to respond to an American citizen’s request for copies of information it...

New documents show that Facebook has never deserved your trust — EFF

A member of the United Kingdom’s Parliament published a trove of internal documents from Facebook, obtained as part of a lawsuit by a firm...

Facebook allegedly offered advertisers special access to users’ data and activities, according to documents released by British lawmakers — The Washington Post

A key British lawmaker alleged Wednesday that Facebook maintained “whitelisting agreements” that gave select companies preferential access to valuable user data several years ago,...