The lawsuit, filed in 2022, was the first major case to be brought under Texas’ 2009 biometric privacy law, according to law firms tracking the litigation.
The terms of the settlement, disclosed on Tuesday, mark the largest accord ever by any single state, according to the lawyers for Texas, whose legal team included the plaintiffs firm Keller Postman.Texas and Facebook parent Meta settled the state’s lawsuit accusing Meta of illegally using facial-recognition technology to collect biometric data of millions of Texans without their consent.
Meta AI tool calls Trump assassination attempt ‘fictional' — but serves detailed info on Kamala Harris’ campaign A spokesperson for Meta said the company is pleased to resolve the matter and looks forward to “exploring future opportunities to deepen our business investments in Texas, including potentially developing data centers.”Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a statement said the settlement marks the state’s “commitment to standing up to the world’s biggest technology companies and holding them accountable for breaking the law and violating Texans’ privacy rights.
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