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No indication of what the charges are? The closest thing in the article is:

> the partnerships seemed to violate a 2011 consent agreement between Facebook and the F.T.C

which doesn't seem like it would be criminal?

Does the US actually have criminal laws regarding selling data? Any educated guesses on what's actually going on?

Attorney here!

Violation of a consent decree can result in criminal contempt-of-court charges. See 18 U.S.C. section 401 (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/401). See also United States v. Schine, 125 F. Supp. 734 (W.D.N.Y. 1954).

Interesting, thanks! Who at the company could reasonably be jailed for such a thing?

What do criminal charges risk for a company? I guess fines?

How might this affect an FCC or breakup conversation?

I would entertain a wire fraud argument.

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