Advocacy Groups Urge FTC to Pursue Facebook Breakup

As it stated in WASHINGTON—Several advocacy groups are urging the Federal Trade Commission to seek a breakup of Facebook Inc. as it weighs possible penalties against the social media company for privacy violations. Facebook has acknowledged that the data firm Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained personal data of millions of users. The FTC is nearing completion of an investigation into the matter and is weighing penalties, including a substantial fine.

Facebook is removing more Pages and Groups to crackdown on duplicating banned content

As part of the crackdown, Facebook will be taking down some seemingly innocent Pages and Groups to prevent their delinquent Page owners from continuing forbidden activity. "We are updating our recidivism policy to better prevent those who have had Pages removed for violating our Community Standards from using duplicate Pages," Facebook said in a blog post. Facebook Pages were designed to be the official profiles for entities, such as celebrities, brands or businesses. Facebook Groups are intended for small-group communication and for people to share their common interests and express their opinion. In October 2018, the social networking giant removed 559 Facebook Pages and 251 Facebook accounts over breaking the site's rules for "spam and coordinated inauthentic behavior."

FACT CHECK: Is Facebook Kicking People Out of Groups Who Don't Participate?

referring to In mid-January 2019, Facebook users began reporting that people were being kicked out of Facebook groups if they were not active in them. They put the booted people back in the invite list. The spokesperson told us in an emailed statement:"We want to make sure that when people join a Facebook group, they are joining a community that is relevant and meaningful to them. The invitation to the group will expire in 28 days if the user doesn't like a post in the group or accept the invitation. This is a course change from the previous practice, when Facebook users could be automatically added to groups by friends.

collected by :Roy Mark