Meta agrees to $1.4B settlement with Texas in privacy lawsuit over facial recognition

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission, officials said Tuesday.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the settlement is the largest secured by a single state. In 2021, a judge approved a $650 million settlement[/URL] with the company, formerly known as Facebook, over similar allegations of users in Illinois.

“This historic settlement demonstrates our commitment to standing up to the world’s biggest technology companies and holding them accountable for breaking the law and violating Texans’ privacy rights,” Paxton, a Republican, said in a statement.

https://apnews.com/article/texas-attorney-general-meta-settlement-3ed4d9c3c3abc4494a3731eac8643e4e

 

[DallasEast]

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[Rockport]

Maybe they’ll upgrade their subpar electrical grid now.

 

[jwitten82]

Maybe they’ll upgrade their subpar electrical grid now.

Yall still on fire?

 

[CyberB0b]

Maybe they’ll upgrade their subpar electrical grid now.

Or lower my property taxes

 

[Rockport]

Yall still on fire?

I live in a tropical rainforest miles from Maui.

 

[gtb1943]

Maybe they’ll upgrade their subpar electrical grid now.

maybe they love to make you grind your teeth

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

It’s crazy how big a company can get that a lawsuit like this doesn’t really have any major financial repercussions

 

[CyberB0b]

It’s crazy how big a company can get that a lawsuit like this doesn’t really have any major financial repercussions

Big tech companies print money.

 

[gtb1943]

Big tech companies print money.

a profit margin of 34% is huge for most businesses.

 

[VaqueroTD]

Maybe they’ll upgrade their subpar electrical grid now.

Nope. Now the lawyers get to cash in and spend countless years, paperwork, and legal fees on the delay appeals.

 

[Rockport]

maybe they love to make you grind your teeth

Could care less. I don’t live there anymore.

 

[gtb1943]

Could care less. I don’t live there anymore.

yet you are always taking shots at it
which makes your post ridiculous

 

[CyberB0b]

Could care less. I don’t live there anymore.

If you could care less, why don’t you?

 

[Rockport]

yet you are always taking shots at it
which makes your post ridiculous

Texas chose to have it’s on electrical grid. I was there during the 2021 freeze where 10,000,000 folks were without power for days and weeks in some cases because Texas didn’t winterize its equipment. Over 200 hundred people died. So no, my post was not ridiculous especially for the family and friends of those 200 or so who died.

 

[gtb1943]

Texas chose to have it’s on electrical grid. I was there during the 2021 freeze where 10,000,000 folks were without power for days and weeks in some cases because Texas didn’t winterize its equipment. Over 200 hundred people died. So no, my post was not ridiculous especially for the family and friends of those 200 or so who died.

So you are in Hawaii
What about that fire that local officers messed up
how many died there?
Are you ragging on them like Texas?

 

[Robbieac]

So you are in Hawaii
What about that fire that local officers messed up
how many died there?
Are you ragging on them like Texas?

Don’t expect an answer.

Amber ALWAYS hides when her hypocrisy gets called out.