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Facebook increases Illinois privacy settlement to $650 million to appease US federal judge

By Amy Miller ( July 23, 2020, 22:46 GMT | Insight) -- Facebook’s landmark deal settling claims its facial-recognition technology violated an Illinois privacy law has jumped to $650 million, the company told a federal judge in San Francisco. US District Judge James Donato, who had blasted Facebook’s original $550 million proposal as insufficient, said his concerns appeared to be addressed. “I’m glad everyone was able to make some changes and concessions,” Donato said.Facebook’s landmark deal settling claims its facial-recognition technology violated an Illinois privacy law has jumped to $650 million, the company told a federal judge in San Francisco today....

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