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FACEBOOK COULD HAVE BEEN FINED “TENS OF BILLIONS”—THEN THE FTC CAVED
A new report details how Mark Zuckerberg’s lawyers beat Washington into submission
In a parallel universe where the FTC has a spine, things might have turned out differently. The Washington Post reports that the independent government agency had originally planned to fine Facebook “tens of billions of dollars” and impose reforms that would hold Zuckerberg personally accountable—a potentially historic action that would have had serious consequences for Facebook and forced significant changes at the company...
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BY AMY OSBORNE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
BY
ALISON DURKEE

FACEBOOK COULD HAVE BEEN FINED “TENS OF BILLIONS”—THEN THE FTC CAVED
A new report details how Mark Zuckerberg’s lawyers beat Washington into submission
In a parallel universe where the FTC has a spine, things might have turned out differently. The Washington Post reports that the independent government agency had originally planned to fine Facebook “tens of billions of dollars” and impose reforms that would hold Zuckerberg personally accountable—a potentially historic action that would have had serious consequences for Facebook and forced significant changes at the company...

Facebook Could Have Been Fined “Tens of Billions”—Then the FTC Caved
A new report details how Mark Zuckerberg’s lawyers beat Washington into submission.

BY AMY OSBORNE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
BY
ALISON DURKEE