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Rules
A dated, step-by-step account of the FTC's 2012 consent order against Facebook and the 2019 settlement that brought a USD 5 billion penalty, with what each order required and what followed.
Rules
Illinois's 2008 Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) required notice and written consent for face scans. It is the law behind the $650 million Facebook Tag Suggestions class settlement.
Features
How Quebec's Law 25 differs from the opt-out defaults common on US platforms, with the dates, consent rules, default settings and penalties users should know.
Rules
How Section 230, the Florida and Texas social media laws and the Supreme Court's Moody v. NetChoice decision divide the power to remove or keep user posts.
