In 2019, Facebook agreed to pay $5 billion to resolve an FTC investigation into many years of privacy violations. However, FTC commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Rohit Chopra were not satisfied. They felt that the result of the investigation will not alter Facebook's structural data collection practices significantly. Facebook reported $56 billion in 2018 sales, so the $5 billion penalty still allows Facebook to turn a profit while keeping their business model intact. Slaughter felt that, due to Facebook's repeated violations, the FTC should have sued Facebook and its CEO.

Do you believe the $5 billion penalty was sufficient, or should the FTC have sued the company and CEO? Which outcome do you believe would have been better for Facebook users--and why?

Source: https://time.com/5633513/facebook-ftc-settlement/