Meta Faces Stiff Privacy Review as FTC Claims New Violations (1)

Meta Platforms Inc. was accused by the Federal Trade Commission of repeatedly violating privacy promises it made to US regulators and now faces a possible government ban on launching new social-media products without an independent review.

Meta, the parent company of the Facebook platform, has been under an FTC order for more than a decade. It paid a record $5 billion fine in 2019 for privacy violations, entering into a new settlement that increased the responsibility of the company’s board to protect user data.

The FTC opened an administrative proceeding Wednesday, alleging Meta has continued to violate the law by ...