Facebook stock fell another 2.5%, as the storm of controversy over its user privacy policies continued. Bloomberg reports that the Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Facebook violated its 2011 consent decree in the Cambridge Analytica episode. The consent decree required Facebook to maintain a “comprehensive privacy program.” An FTC inquiry is hardly surprising—Sen. Ron Wyden had...
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