Report: Facebook's privacy lapses may result in record fine
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-facebook-privacy-lapses-result-fine.html
In an automated response, the FTC said it was unable to comment, citing its closure due to the U.S. government shutdown. Facebook declined to comment.
The potential fine stems from an FTC investigation opened after revelations that data mining firm Cambridge Analytica had vacuumed up details about as many as 87 million Facebook users without their permission.