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FTC should investigate Facebook’s child gaming practices, advocates say

by Nathan Halverson February 21, 2019May 28, 2019

Unsealed court records show the social media giant deployed a business model that knowingly duped children out of money.

Posted inAccountability

Facebook knowingly duped game-playing kids and their parents out of money

by Nathan Halverson January 24, 2019June 30, 2021

Unsealed internal documents show the company orchestrated a multi-year effort that duped children and their parents out of money.

Posted inAccountability, Cybersecurity

Judge unseals trove of internal Facebook documents following our legal action

by Nathan Halverson January 17, 2019January 6, 2020

Facebook’s own employees worried they were bamboozling children who racked up hundreds, and sometimes even thousands, of dollars in game charges, documents show.

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