Meta will pay out $1.4 billion to settle a Texas state lawsuit accusing it of abusing facial recognition features, Reuters reports. The suit was originally launched in 2022, and charged Meta with violating a 2009 law by way of a now-defunct Facebook feature, Tag Suggestions. The tech recommended people to tag in photos and videos, but it's alleged that Meta captured biometric info "billions of times" without users' consent.
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