Meta to pay Texas $1.4 billion in facial recognition case

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Meta to pay Texas $1.4 billion in facial recognition case

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Meta to pay Texas $1.4 billion for using facial recognition technology without users’ permission

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Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Facebook parent company in 2022, claiming it had used personal biometric data without permission.

Meta had been using facial recognition software on photos uploaded to Facebook without Texans’ consent.

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