Facebook to pay $5 billion fine for privacy violations

FTC initiated the investigation after a scandal involving former British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which was accused of illegally accessing data of more than 87 million Facebook users without their prior knowledge.
Facebook to pay $5 billion fine for privacy violations
The fine, if finalized, might be the largest one the FTC has ever levied on a tech company. Image source: Reuters
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