All the different ways Facebook is in trouble with governments across the world

Facebook $META, like any big company, would rather avoid government regulation. But the revelation that it allowed Cambridge Analytica to harvest the data of 50 million Facebook users without their permission means that calls for greater regulation may be at a tipping point.

The social network is currently facing investigations, probes, and hearings from authorities and lawmakers in the United States, the United Kingdom, the EU, and Canada. Here’s a rundown of all the pressure Facebook is up against:

The United States

• The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation that could result in a seriously hefty fine for Facebook. The FTC will be looking at whether the company had violated a consent decree it issued in 2011, which required Facebook to get users’ permission for their data to be used beyond what they agreed to in the social network’s privacy settings. Each violation could cost Facebook even $40,000.
• Several congressional committees have summoned Facebook representatives to explain the Cambridge Analytica mess. Instead of high-level executives, who have thus far been silent, two mid-level staffers are expected to speak to the House Judiciary Committee as early as Wednesday. A hearing at the Senate Intelligence Committee is expected later this week. Members of the Senate Commerce Committee issued a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, in which they ask the CEO to address a number of questions related to the breach and demand that Zuckerberg direct his staffers to brief the committee. Senator Amy Klobuchar, co-sponsor of the Honest Ads Act, which would require Facebook to be more transparent about its ad practices, called on Zuckerberg to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
• Senator Ron Wyden also s