Meta Mounts Counterattack on FTC’s Power to Police Kids’ Data

Meta Platforms Inc. has vowed to oppose a Federal Trade Commission plan to ban the social media giant from profiting off of children’s data, testing the boundaries of the agency’s ability to shape privacy policy through enforcement.

The agency on May 3 accused Meta of breaching an earlier FTC order and subsequent settlement that forced the tech giant to pay a $5 billion fine over mishandling consumer data and to implement a series of privacy oversight mechanisms. Now the commission is seeking added restrictions on Meta’s data practices, including a prohibition on selling information collected about young users for targeted ...