FTC failed to enforce Facebook consent decree, critics charge amid firestorm (FTC:WATCH)
By Kirk Victor ( April 5, 2018, 15:05 GMT | Insight) -- Top Federal Trade Commission officials boasted of their tough consent decree in 2011 that required Facebook to keep its promise to protect users’ information, but critics charge the agency failed to enforce the decree despite being warned years ago that the social network was violating it.The following article appeared in the April 2 issue of FTC:WATCH. For more information on FTC:WATCH, including getting access to its exclusive content, please contact info@ftcwatch.com....
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