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Texas Wins $1.4 Billion Biometric Settlement Against Meta. It Would Have Happened Sooner With Consumer Enforcement

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Meta agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle claims that its now-defunct face recognition system violated state law.

As part of the Texas settlement, Meta can seek pre-approval from the state for any future biometric projects.

The settlement does not require Meta to destroy any models or algorithms trained on Texas biometric data, as the state urged in its original lawsuit.