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

Meta has agreed to a US$1.4bil (RM6.4bil) settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over claims that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission, state officials said Tuesday, July 30, 2024. — AP Photo

AUSTIN: Meta has agreed to a US$1.4bil (RM6.4bil) 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 US$650mil (RM2.9bil) settlement with the company, formerly known as Facebook, over similar allegations of users in Illinois.