Meta Platforms to pay $1.4 billion to settle Texas lawsuit over facial recognition data

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Meta Platforms to pay $1.4 billion to settle Texas lawsuit over facial recognition data
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The terms of the settlement, disclosed on Tuesday, marks the largest accord ever by any single state, according to the lawyers for Texas, whose legal team...

- Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to resolve the state’s lawsuit accusing the Facebook parent of illegally using facial-recognition technology to collect biometric data of millions of Texans without their consent.

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