A logo sits on the side of the Facebook Inc. pop-up office ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. World leaders, influential executives, bankers and policy makers attend the 49th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos from Jan. 22 - 25. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
Facebook Inc’s repeated privacy scandals have infuriated users, lawmakers and data-security advocates who are clamouring for a forceful government response. That job mainly falls to Joe Simons, who is under pressure to satisfy doubters or risk sidelining his agency as the nation’s chief privacy watchdog.
The chairman of the US Federal Trade Commission talked tough when he took over the agency last year, vowing to increase scrutiny of America’s technology giants after years of a mostly hands-off approach. More than eight months later, his critics are getting impatient.
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