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US FTC says it has authority to modify Meta 2020 privacy settlement; new Chair agrees

By Mike Swift ( January 14, 2025, 23:56 GMT | Comment) -- Despite the US Federal Trade Commission releasing an order in recent days that is has the legal authority to reopen a 2020 privacy settlement and seek additional sanctions against Meta Platforms, the agency may still be years away from actually imposing sanctions against the company, even if it prevails in a coming ruling by a federal appeals court. A key takeaway from the order, however, is that incoming Chair Andrew Ferguson agreed that the FTC has the legal authority to modify the Meta settlement, and he has made a number of statements recently that suggest he will support continued privacy enforcement under his leadership.Meta Platforms could not have been greatly surprised when the US Federal Trade Commission affirmed in recent days that it has the legal authority to modify a 2020 privacy settlement the commission itself initiated, as it seeks to impose additional sanctions against the social media and digital ads giant....

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