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Facebook sued in Texas by AG Paxton for alleged biometric privacy violations

By Amy Miller ( February 14, 2022, 20:23 GMT | Insight) -- Facebook parent Meta Platforms has been hit with a state lawsuit from the Texas attorney general alleging the social-media company’s facial recognition tools, now discontinued, violated the state’s biometric privacy law. Facebook’s capture of facial geometry in photographs uploaded by state residents has resulted in “tens of millions of violations” of the Texas law, adding up to potentially billions of dollars in penalties, according to the complaint.Facebook parent Meta Platforms is facing a state lawsuit filed by the Texas attorney general today alleging the social-media company’s facial recognition tools, now discontinued, violated the state’s biometric privacy law....

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