https://www.cnet.com/news/ftc-confirms-its-investigating-facebook/ >The Federal Trade Commission said Monday it has opened an investigation into Facebook's privacy practices. As reported last week, the FTC is concerned about whether Facebook violated the terms of a 2011 consent decree. The decree mandated that the social media company notify users and obtain their consent to share information with third parties. >It's just the latest shoe to drop in Facebook's headache over its data breach to Cambridge Analytica. The social network is in hot water for letting data on 50 million users get into the hands of the data analytics firm, which was hired by the Trump campaign for the 2016 presidential election. The FTC stepping in signals more scrutiny by the government over Facebook's actions.