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Meta to pay Texas $1.4 billion in facial recognition case

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

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

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

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

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