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Cantwell Presses FTC for Answers About Facebook’s Release From Privacy Liability

Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., pressed the FTC Thursday for details about its Facebook privacy settlement, asking if the company’s release from liability was unprecedented. Her letter noted that although the commission's July 24 public statement suggested…

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other deals have included similar releases from liability, it didn’t cite a prior FTC settlement releasing a defendant from unknown claims or releasing individuals not named in the complaint.