The Facebook/Cambridge Analytica Settlement: How Far Can the FTC Go, Legally?

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

“Putting principles first would make laws technology-neutral and thus more broadly relevant. We should empower civil-liberties regulators to assess whether a service or organization has denied services or equal treatment to minorities. We should let a privacy watchdog assesses whether the right to privacy is upheld. Antitrust regulators should determine whether antitrust and competition principles are respected. Challenges to free speech should be anchored in speech laws, not left to businesses to decide.“