Judge: FTC can move forward with plans to impose tough new privacy restrictions on Meta

A federal judge will not stop the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from intensifying restrictions it previously imposed on Meta as part of a record-breaking $5 billion privacy settlement. District Judge Timothy Kelly’s Monday ruling allows the FTC to move ahead with a new proposal to impose a “blanket prohibition” on Facebook monetizing youth data. The

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