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International Business Times
International Business Times
Kiran Tom Sajan

Meta Challenges FTC Bid To Amend 2020 Privacy Settlement Over Kids Chat App

Meta Platforms has opposed the attempt by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to revise its 2020 privacy settlement, saying that it voluntarily reported two issues in its children's chat application to the agency and no complaints were received from parents.

In a filing on Thursday, the parent company of Facebook said that it had disclosed the bugs in its Messenger Kids app back in July 2019 and it had allocated $5.5 billion towards its privacy program and other related initiatives.

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