Submission Number: 00057 

Received: 12/30/2011 1:38:41 PM
Commenter: Jonathan Traum
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State: Massachusetts

Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Initiative: Proposed Consent Agreement In the Matter of Facebook, Inc., FTC File No. 0923184
Attachments: No Attachments
Submission Text
The proposed settlement just seems to be that Facebook promises to be good in the future. There is no punitive element at all, and insufficient teeth to the enforcement of good behavior in the future. How can we provide disincentives for bad behavior if the only consequence is finger-wagging?