Don’t Mess With Texas

Wow!

Meta to pay $1.4 billion settlement with Texas over facial recognition and photo tags (msn.com)

Texas announced a massive settlement with Meta over the use of facial recognition on Facebook, resolving a lawsuit filed in 2022 claiming that the “Tag Suggestions” feature on photos uploaded to Facebook violated the state’s Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier (CUBI) Act and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Meta has agreed to pay $1.4 billion over five years to settle the suit, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office said today.

That has to hurt.

I wonder who the money goes to. Just the state of Texas? Or do Texas Facebook users get a significant portion of it?

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