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Facebook fine could set FTC record

By Katelyn Caralle
Published February 22, 2019 5:00am ET
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Facebook fine could set FTC record
Security personnel outside the National Threat Operations Center at the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Md., during a visit by President George W. Bush. | (Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)

The Federal Trade Commission is negotiating a potentially record-high fine against Facebook for misleading users on its privacy practices.

Initial reports of the multibillion-dollar fine emerged last week. The fine would be the highest the FTC has ever levied against a technology company.

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