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Meta demands information from Texas police about use of facial recognition technology

By Amy Miller and Mike Swift ( September 22, 2023, 22:22 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms is demanding information from local and state police departments in Texas about their use of facial recognition technology as the social media giant prepares to defend against privacy allegations from the state’s attorney general. Meta will likely use the information to argue to a Texas jury that law enforcement use of facial recognition is more pervasive than Facebook features that helped users identify friends in photos, allegedly in violation of a Texas biometric privacy law. Meta Platforms is demanding information from local and state police departments in Texas about their use of facial recognition technology as the social media giant defends against privacy allegations from the state’s attorney general....

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