12:24 - 31.07.2024

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July 31, Fineko/abc.az. The authorities of the state of Texas (USA) announced an agreement with Meta, under which it will pay $1.4 billion to the state to settle a lawsuit filed against the company in February 2022.

ABC.AZ reports that the state accused Meta of violating the Biometric Data Protection Act. The company recognized the faces of Texas Facebook users from photos and videos and stored this data without asking their permission.

"Without notifying many residents of Texas, the company has been performing facial recognition using special software for more than a decade. This was done with almost every person in the photos that were uploaded to Facebook, so the company collected and stored biometric data of all the people in these photos," state attorney Ken Paxton said.