New York authorities will investigate Facebook
The Attorney General of the US region announced that it will take actions against the social network to determine whether or not they have applied monopolistic practices
The New York State Attorney General opened an investigation to the technology company Facebook to elucidate whether their practices have been monopolistic.
“I will investigate Facebook to determine if their actions jeopardized consumption data, reduced the quality of consumer options or increased the price of advertising,” said New York attorney general Letita James.
Hours before James announced the decision, the newspaper The Wall Street Journal had advanced the decision, adding that another parallel investigation will also affect Google and, in total, about 40 prosecutors will participate.
On July 24, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) imposed fines of 5,000 and 100 million dollars, respectively for the case of Cambridge Analytica.
K. Tovar
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