EPIC Seeks Intervention Before DC Court Approves $5 Billion FTC-Facebook Deal
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia should carefully review the “fairness and adequacy” of the FTC’s $5 billion settlement with Facebook and consider the impact on pending consumer complaints, the Electronic Privacy Information Center said Friday. EPIC filed…
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a motion to intervene in U.S. v. Facebook (in Pacer). The consent decree would prevent EPIC and other advocates from pursuing all complaints filed with the FTC before June 12, the group said. Earlier this year, EPIC said 26,000 complaints were pending before the commission. It’s seeking further information through a Freedom of Information Act request.