Mark Zuckerberg may soon find himself in an unfamiliar situation: facing actual, personal consequences for Facebook’s missteps.
As the FTC continues to investigate the social network’s mishandling of user data, it’s looking more and more likely that officials will single out the Facebook CEO as they look to impose new punishments on the company.
Days after the Washington Post reported the FTC is in the midst of “discussions about how to hold Zuckerberg accountable for Facebook’s data lapses,” the paper now reports a Democratic senator is urging the agency to put the Facebook founder on blast. Zuckerberg should be “individually liable,” for Facebook’s privacy violations, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden wrote in a letter to the FTC. Read more…
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