FTC Meta probe reveals tensions over agency role in regulating kids’ data

The Federal Trade Commission’s Alvaro Bedoya has been savaged by progressive tech policy advocates in recent weeks for expressing concern about the agency’s recent decision to revive a case against Meta for privacy violations tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Bedoya, one of three commissioners at the agency, recently questioned the FTC’s legal standing to

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