Meta Platforms has rejected the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's attempt to amend a 2020 privacy settlement. The company voluntarily disclosed two technical errors related to its Messenger Kids app to the agency. Meta spent $5.5 billion on its privacy program and related initiatives. The FTC wants to tighten the existing settlement, which bans profiting from minors' data and expands curbs on facial recognition technology.
Meta Platforms has rejected the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's attempt to amend a 2020 privacy settlement . The company voluntarily disclosed two technical errors related to its Messenger Kids app to the agency.
Meta spent $5.5 billion on its privacy program and related initiatives. The FTC wants to tighten the existing settlement, which bans profiting from minors' data and expands curbs on facial recognition technology.
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