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David Shepardson

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Facebook fined $7 billion after privacy probe, new antitrust inquiry opens

Facebook will pay a record $US5 billion ($A7.2 billion) fine to resolve a government probe into its privacy practices and will boost safeguards on user data, the US Federal Trade Commission and the social media company say.

New Facebook inquiry after email upload

New York Attorney-General Letitia James says she is investigating Facebook Inc’s unauthorised storage of up to 1.5 million Facebook users’ email contact databases, the latest privacy issue to affect the US social media giant.

Boeing shares have been hit after Sunday's fatal aircrash involving the manufacturer's Max jet Photo: AP/Richard Drew

US grounds Boeing Max jets after fatal crash

The United States has joined other nations in grounding Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 jets, citing new satellite data and evidence from the scene of Sunday’s crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed all 157 on board.