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  1. January 17, 2024

    Meta Loses Latest Bid To Pause FTC's Privacy Deal Changes

    A D.C. federal judge has rejected Meta's push to block the Federal Trade Commission from revising a $5 billion privacy settlement with Facebook while the tech giant appeals the dismissal of its challenge, finding that the "mammoth company" has failed to show it would be harmed if the commission were permitted to move forward with its efforts. 

  2. November 30, 2023

    Meta Attacks FTC Court Amid Spat Over Child Data Settlement

    Meta Platforms Inc. went on the offensive against the Federal Trade Commission after a D.C. federal judge refused to block additional mandates on the company under a $5 billion privacy settlement, in the most direct challenge to the FTC's constitutionality since it dropped a high-profile merger case.

  3. November 27, 2023

    Meta Can't Stop FTC From Adding Data Profit Ban To $5B Deal

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday rejected Meta's bid to block the Federal Trade Commission from revising a $5 billion privacy settlement to impose additional mandates on the company, including halting its ability to profit from children's data, finding that the court lacked the authority to weigh in on the proposed changes.

  4. October 17, 2023

    Judge Skeptical Meta Can Stop New FTC Settlement Mandates

    A D.C. federal judge told Facebook parent Meta it would face an uphill battle to demonstrate that new Federal Trade Commission mandates on a $5 billion settlement over privacy violations by Facebook Messenger Kids overstepped the agency's constitutional bounds.

  5. May 31, 2023

    FTC Can't Unilaterally Redo $5B Privacy Deal, Meta Tells Court

    Meta Platforms Inc. is pressing a D.C. federal court to block the Federal Trade Commission from revising a $5 billion privacy settlement to force the social media giant to undertake additional reforms, including halting its ability to profit from its youngest users' data, arguing that the agency lacks the authority to "remake" the court-approved deal. 

  6. April 24, 2020

    Facebook's Record $5B FTC Settlement Approved By Judge

    A D.C. federal judge approved a record-breaking $5 billion settlement between the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Facebook, slamming the social media giant's alleged privacy practices as "unscrupulous" but deeming the settlement fair and appropriate.

  7. January 27, 2020

    FTC, Facebook Say $5B Privacy Deal Benefits Consumers

    Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are hitting back at opposition to their historic $5 billion privacy settlement, arguing that the deal delivers substantial relief to consumers and that the Electronic Privacy Information Center doesn't have legs to contest it. 

  8. October 15, 2019

    $5B Facebook Deal Lets Gov't Grab User Data, Court Told

    Pressure is mounting on a D.C. federal court to reject a $5 billion privacy deal that Facebook reached with the Federal Trade Commission earlier this year, with a public interest legal group arguing that the arrangement would unfairly grant U.S. government officials warrantless access to Facebook users' data.

  9. August 13, 2019

    EPIC Steps Up Bid To Stop Facebook's $5B FTC Deal

    A privacy advocacy group is firing back at arguments that it shouldn't be allowed to intervene in a historic $5 billion deal between Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission, saying it has legs to challenge the commission's "unprecedented" decision to allow Facebook to escape liability for more than 26,000 pending privacy complaints.

  10. August 07, 2019

    Facebook, FTC Fight Privacy Group's Bid To Block $5B Deal

    Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are urging a D.C. federal judge to block an advocacy group from intervening in their historic $5 billion privacy deal, arguing that the group has no valid grounds for challenging the unprecedented pact.