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FTC-mandated audit cleared Facebook's privacy policies in 2017
When Facebook struck a deal with the Federal Trade Commission in 2011 following an investigation into its privacy practices, it was required to undergo an external audit every two years. That's why it was a mystery how the fact that Cambridge Analytica harvested millions of users' information remained hidden until recently. Turns out it was because the latest audit conducted in 2017 failed to detect that something was going on behind the scenes. The Electronic Privacy Information Center found a (heavily redacted) copy of the audit after submitting a Freedom of Information Act request. It reads:
