The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed to change a 2020 privacy order with Meta. The changes come after the FTC alleges that the company has failed to fully comply with the order, misled parents about their ability to control with whom their children communicated through its Messenger Kids app and misrepresented the access it provided some app developers to private user data.
As part of the proposed changes, Meta would be prohibited from profiting from data it collects, including through its virtual reality products, from users under the age of 18. It would also be subject to other expanded limitations, including in its use of facial recognition technology, and required to provide additional protections for users.