Facebook’s regulatory woes are about to get worse, with the Federal Trade Commission set to unveil a complaint against the social networking giant on Wednesday — the same day the company releases its second-quarter earnings — that’s focused on the company’s sketchy mishandling of user phone numbers.
The complaint would follow the FTC’s vote last week to approve a $5 billion settlement with Facebook, while this new action stems from the ability disclosed earlier this year for Facebook advertisers to target users based on their phone number. Including the phone numbers that were provided by users with only security in mind, as part of signing up for two-factor authentication.
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Coming Wednesday: FTC complaint against Facebook over mishandling of user phone numbers originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 20:28:22 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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