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Headline: Meta to Pay $1.4 Billion to Settle Texas Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Data
Caption: Meta Platforms agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas over allegations of illegally collecting biometric data without user consent, marking the largest state settlement of its kind, Reuters reports. The settlement, announced by Texas lawyers, is the largest ever by a single state under a biometric privacy law, which can impose damages of up to $25,000 per violation.
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