Facebook was sued by Australian regulators for alleged violations of app promotion.

According to Mirage News on December 16, the Australian Competition and Consumer Council (ACCC) has filed a lawsuit against Facebook and its two subsidiaries in federal court, accusing them of promoting Facebook’s Ona to Australian consumers.

There are false, misleading or deceptive behaviors when vo Protect mobile applications.

Onavo Protect is a free downloadable software application that offers virtual private network (VPN) services.

ACCC alleges that Onavo Protect collects, aggregates and uses a large number of users’ personal activity data for Facebook’s commercial interests.

The data is used to support Facebook’s market research activities, including identifying potential acquisition targets in the future.