Among the lawsuits is one being brought by a Facebook user as a class action case for violation of user privacy. Another case is being brought by a shareholder because of the drop in stock price ...

He added that the new restrictions are designed "to change Facebook's entire privacy culture to decrease the likelihood of continued violations." Facebook does not admit any wrongdoing as part of ...

Facebook's privacy practices have long been in the ... and is one of the largest imposed by the U.S. government for any violation. As part of the settlement, the FTC's order also curbs ...

Federal regulators have fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and are instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. But they are only holding CEO Mark Zuckerberg ...

He focused his remarks on outlining Facebook's plans for growth, which include building a private messaging platform. He also pointed to the European model of privacy regulation as one that could ...

Two former federal officials who crafted the landmark consent decree governing how Facebook handles user privacy say the company may have violated that decree when it shared information from tens ...

The Federal Trade Commission has said it's investigating Facebook over reported concerns about the social network giant's privacy practices. In a statement, the FTC said it has opened a non-public ...

It could also mean that Facebook’s name would be plastered all over the news on an ongoing basis for its privacy violations; this is a route that Facebook would probably like to avoid at all costs.

A judge ruled that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other former directors of the social media company must face claims they turned a blind eye to rampant privacy violations, including ...

If you don’t submit one, you won’t get a payment. You also will not be able to sue Facebook on your own for the same privacy violation, if that was something you were considering. To start the ...