Meta Agrees to Pay Texas $1.4 Billion Settlement in Biometric Data Lawsuit
Published on July 30, 2024
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by the state of Texas over its unauthorized capture and use of the personal biometric data of Facebook users, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office announced Tuesday. In a 2022 lawsuit, Mr. Paxton accused Facebook’s parent company of using facial recognition technology to collect biometric data of more than 20 million Texans without their permission. The information was captured in photos and videos uploaded to the social media platform, according to the 29-page lawsuit. The settlement is the largest obtained in a lawsuit brought by a single state, according to Mr. Paxton’s office....