Texas Sues Meta Over Facebook’s Dropped Facial-Recognition Tech
- State claims Meta still uses face database to create AI empire
- Company says suit is ‘without merit,’ will fight it vigorously
Meta Platforms headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
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Facebook claims it no longer collects and profits off users’ faces through controversial facial-recognition technology. Texas isn’t buying it.
The state sued Meta Platforms Inc. over claims its Facebook and Instagram platforms are still monetizing people’s faces without their consent, as well as holding onto a facial-geometry database compiled over a decade. Wielding multiple laws that allow for penalties of $25,000 per violation, the state is seeking billions of dollars in its complaint filed Monday.