FTC May Hold Zuckerberg Personally Responsible For Facebook Privacy Failures

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Federal Trade Commission officials are discussing whether to hold Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally accountable for Facebook’s privacy failures, according to reports by The Washington Post and NBC News. Facebook has been trying to protect Zuckerberg from that possibility in negotiations with the FTC, the Post wrote. Federal regulators investigating Facebook are…

‘Predatory’ Scientific Publisher Is Hit With a $50 Million Judgment

The Federal Trade Commission accused Omics International, a publisher in India, of operating hundreds of fake research journals with deceptive business practices. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/science/predatory-journals-ftc-omics.html?partner=rss&emc=rss