The Chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Joe Simons Wednesday announced that Facebook has agreed to pay US$5 billion as a penalty for its mismanagement of user privacy. The online social media company also pledged to comply with a series of measures to improve its operations in relation to privacy. Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook co-founder and CEO, must personally certify the progress in this field; otherwise, he could be prosecuted with both civil and criminal charges. U.S. authorities also said that WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, companies that are part of the Facebook conglomerate, must abide by the terms of the agreement. In March 2018, it was revealed that the Zuckerberg company had used data from its users without their permission to develop psychological profiles of U.S. voters.
— source telesurenglish.net | 24 July 2019