Ken Paxton Win's 1.4 Billion Lawsuit against Meta (FaceBook)

[puma guy]

Texas AG wins $1.4B settlement from Facebook parent Meta over facial-capture charges
For more than a decade, the platform's "tag" feature collected biometric data from users' photos without properly informing them, Attorney General Ken Paxton said.


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[RoyGBiv]

Fixed link

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Paxton said that starting in 2011, Meta, then known as Facebook, rolled out a “tag” feature that involved software that learned how to recognize and sort faces in photos.

In doing so, it automatically turned on the feature without explaining how it worked, Paxton said — something that violated a 2009 state statute governing the use of biometric data, as well as running afoul of the state's deceptive trade practices act.

"Unbeknownst to most Texans, for more than a decade Meta ran facial recognition software on virtually every face contained in the photographs uploaded to Facebook, capturing records of the facial geometry of the people depicted," he said in a statement

ETA: I can't figure out how you managed to add the forum URL to the front end of the link... very head scratchy...
Original link, edited a bit so it shows here as text...
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[puma guy]

Fixed link

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/busine ... rcna164255

Paxton said that starting in 2011, Meta, then known as Facebook, rolled out a “tag” feature that involved software that learned how to recognize and sort faces in photos.

In doing so, it automatically turned on the feature without explaining how it worked, Paxton said — something that violated a 2009 state statute governing the use of biometric data, as well as running afoul of the state's deceptive trade practices act.

"Unbeknownst to most Texans, for more than a decade Meta ran facial recognition software on virtually every face contained in the photographs uploaded to Facebook, capturing records of the facial geometry of the people depicted," he said in a statement

ETA: I can't figure out how you managed to add the forum URL to the front end of the link... very head scratchy...
Original link, edited a bit so it shows here as text...
h t t p s ://texaschlforum.com/w w w .nbcnews.com/business/business-news/texas-ag-wins-1point4-billion-settlement-facebook-parent-meta-rcna164255

Thanks, Roy! I didn't notice it had missing info in the link in my post. I put the link in my post the link without using the link function in the Full Edit Menu and when I noticed it I did a cut and paste and used the link function in the menu. I assume I didn't highlight all the script when I did the cut and paste.