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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12296

16 July 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 30
NEWS BRIEFS / Digital
US to impose a $5 billion sanction on Facebook for Cambridge Analytica scandal

15/07/2019 (Agence Europe)The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recommended that Facebook be fined $5 billion (4.43 billion euros) for failing to protect its users' data, which led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. This decision, revealed on 12 July by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, has yet to be approved by the Justice Department, which generally follows the regulator's opinion. This sum is the result of an amicable agreement following an investigation opened in...

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