Meta will pay $1.4 billion to Texas, settling biometric data collection suit

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By Lawrence BonkJul 30, 2024, 12:54 pm144 pts
Meta has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to the state of Texas in order to resolve a lawsuit that accused the company of illegally using facial recognition technology. The suit alleges that Meta used this tech to collect the biometric data of millions of Texans without consent. The agreement marks the largest…

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