A massive settlement between Meta and Texas has been reached over the ‘Tag Suggestions’ feature Facebook added for photos more than a decade ago.

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    4 months ago

    Decent size but it aint shot for meta… Now if every state did it 🐸

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    4 months ago

    Typical megacorp cycle.

    Step 1 introduce privacy invasive feature

    Step 2 spend years getting all the data they need

    Step 3 get a slap on the wrist for a fraction of what they made and will make from it

    Step 4 profit and repeat

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    4 months ago

    And all that money will be put back into infrastructure and health care and education for the people of Texas, right?

    …right??

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    4 months ago

    Wondering how this law may help some women seeking reproductive health care?