Facebook agrees to provide additional documents by 26 November for California privacy probe

Facebook Inc has agreed to turn over additional documents after the **California state attorney general's office went to court** earlier this month to compel the social media firm to comply with requests for information in its privacy investigation. Under a joint stipulation filed in San Francisco Superior Court, the company agreed by 26 November to respond some of the document requests. It also agreed to a schedule to provide additional documents in December and January. [caption id=“attachment_7686101” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”] Facebook also faces an investigation by 47 US states and territories over concerns the company engaged in anti-competitive practices, put consumer data at risk and pushed up advertising prices. Image: Reuters[/caption] For California’s document requests that remain in dispute, a judge will hold a 19 February hearing. Facebook did not immediately comment. (Also read:  Facebook, Apple and more to be reportedly reviewed for anti-competitive practices by the US ) In July, Facebook **agreed to pay a record-breaking $5-billion fine** to resolve a Federal Trade Commission probe into its privacy practices and said it would will boost safeguards on user data. Facebook also **faces an investigation by 47 US states and territories** over concerns the company engaged in anti-competitive practices, put consumer data at risk and pushed up advertising prices. Additionally, it is **under investigation by the FTC and the Justice Department** .