Meta to Pay Texas $1.4 Billion for Using Facial Recognition Technology Without Users’ Permission

A man stands in front of a sign for Meta, parent company of Facebook, at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Oct. 28, 2021. Credit: REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Thu, 08/08/2024 - 5:00am

Facebook’s parent company Meta will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of using personal biometric data without users’ authorization.The 2022 lawsuit, filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in state court, alleged that Meta had been using facial recognition software on photos uploaded to ...

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