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MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Meta agrees to $1.4B settlement with Texas in privacy lawsuit over facial recognition

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Meta agrees to $1.4B settlement with Texas in privacy lawsuit over facial recognition

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MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Officials say Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission.
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    Crazy that a billion and a half bucks won’t even affect them.

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      For giggles, I went to see how many days it’d take them to make $1.4 billion.

      It’s four. Four days.

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    Fucking pocket change.

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      Pocket change can add up.

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    And it won’t go to the people affected. It goes to the state.

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