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Facebook faces financial crisis as U.S. govt. imposes $5bn fine

  • By NAN
  • Jul 15, 2019
  • 1 min read

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg might be in serious financial difficulty if the U.S. government make good its threat to impose a fine of about five billion dollars against Facebook over privacy violations.

According to a report, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has voted approving for the fine to be imposed.

The fine comes after an FTC investigation into allegations that the social media platform inappropriately shared the information of 87 million users with Cambridge Analytica.

Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm, is now closed.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the vote was 3-2 along party lines, with Republicans in support and Democrats in opposition to the fine.

In most cases the Justice Department’s civil division will review settlements by the FTC but it is not clear how long this will take but it could be as early as next week.

As well as the fine, the settlement could include rules on how Facebook treats the privacy of its users.


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