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Senators knock FTC’s $5 billion Facebook fine as ‘woefully inadequate’

By Melissa Quinn
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Senators knock FTC’s $5 billion Facebook fine as ‘woefully inadequate’

A $5 billion fine isn’t enough to hold Facebook accountable.

That’s the message from a bipartisan group of senators to the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, who criticized the settlement over the social media giant’s mishandling of users’ personal data.

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Ed Markey Facebook FTC Josh Hawley Mark Zuckerberg Privacy Richard Blumenthal