Meta Platforms Settles Texas Lawsuit, Agrees to Pay $1.4 Billion for Unauthorized Biometric Data Use
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of illegally using facial-recognition technology to collect biometric data from millions of Texans without consent. This settlement, the largest ever by a single state, resolves the lawsuit under Texas' biometric privacy law. Texas claimed Facebook captured biometric data "billions of times" from user-uploaded photos and videos via the now-discontinued "Tag Suggestions" feature. Meta denied any wrongdoing. Meta had previously settled a similar in Illinois. Google is also facing a biometric data lawsuit in Texas.
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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.
00:02MetaPlatforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle a lawsuit accusing the
00:08company of illegally using facial recognition technology to collect biometric data from
00:13millions of Texans without consent.
00:15This settlement, the largest ever by a single state, resolves the lawsuit under Texas' biometric
00:20privacy law.
00:22Texas claimed Facebook captured biometric data billions of times from user-uploaded
00:26photos and videos via the now-discontinued tag suggestions feature.
00:31Meta denied any wrongdoing.
00:33Meta had previously settled a similar lawsuit in Illinois.
00:36Google is also facing a biometric data lawsuit in Texas.
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