Facebook Privacy

The Privacy Checkup tool has been live since 2014 and the new version is rolling out globally this week

Facebook would continue to work with authorities to strike a balance between privacy concerns and fighting crimes

Transcriptions done by humans raise bigger concerns because of the potential of rogue employees or contractors leaking details

The deal is also unlikely to mollify critics in Congress and among privacy advocates who have called for accountability for Zuckerberg

FTC will allege that Facebook misled users about how it used their phone numbers and even a facial recognition tool

The fine will mark the largest civil penalty ever paid to the FTC

Facebook has been under scrutiny from lawmakers across the world since disclosing that the personal information of 87 mn FB users wrongly ended up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica