The U.S. government is officially investigating Facebook. The Federal Trade Commission confirmed in a statement Monday that it is currently investigating Facebook data practices as the company faces new scrutiny from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. "Today, the FTC is confirming that it has an open non-public investigation into these practices." Among other issues, the FTC found Facebook allowed third-party applications to access more user data than they needed to operate. "Companies who have settled previous FTC actions must also comply with FTC order provisions imposing privacy and data security requirements."

Source: CNN March 26, 2018 15:11 UTC