Meta to pay Texas $1.4 billion for using facial recognition technology without users’ permission
www.texastribune.org
Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Facebook parent company in 2022, claiming it had used personal biometric data without permission.
  • deranger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    451·
    4 months ago

    This is one of the best cases of “When one of the worst cunts you know of makes a really good point.”

    • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
      181·
      4 months ago

      i’d wager it’s more about paxton trying to let zuckerberg know who’s boss, and that he’d better toe the line if he wants to stay in business

      the notion that ken paxton actually cares about commoners’ privacy is, um…sus

      • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
        121·
        4 months ago

        All Zuck has to do is promise Paxton he will out some women fleeing Texas to get reproductive healthcare. Paxton would happily pay Zuck $1.4 billion.

    • barsquid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      This sounds like an excellent law so it is shocking as fuck that it came out of Texas.