Facebook, DOJ Defend $5 Billion Privacy Settlement With FTC

Mealey's (January 29, 2020, 9:50 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a pair of briefs filed Jan. 24 in District of Columbia federal court, Facebook Inc. and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) argue that a recently announced consent order between the social network and the Federal Trade Commission that settles a host of consumer privacy claims should be approved, opposing objections to the settlement raised by amici curiae and citing its establishing of “an unsurpassed level of accountability” and “a new standard for [Facebook] and the industry more broadly” (United States v. Facebook Inc., No. 1:19-cv-02184, D. D.C.)....