Teladoc Health, which runs BetterHelp, settles with the FTC for $7.8M and agrees to stop sharing data with Meta, Snap, and other companies for ad purposes
Wow! — In these kinds of cases consider the incentives to government to allow terrible things to go on long enough for a nice pile of case to accrue, then demand a cut of the take — rather then keep...
In its quasi-judiciary role, Facebook Oversight Board is neutered from the start since it can not mandate codes of conduct or effectively help minimize harm
The company's new review board is designed to move slowly and keep things intact. — My late colleague, Neil Postman … Tweets: @elibietti , @elinor_carmi , @wired , @ptnoo , @k8henne , @arielbogle , ...
Sources: in a 3-2 vote, FTC commissioners have approved a record $5B settlement with Facebook over the company's privacy violations
or one month's worth of revenue Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News : Facebook to Pay $5 Billion Fine to Settle FTC Privacy Investigation Howard Lindzon : Why Facebook Needs Libra Mark Wyciślik-Wilson ...