Texas suing Meta over Facebook's use of facial recognition | News | WPSD Local 6

Have you ever had trouble placing a name with a face? Facebook has never had that problem, thanks to our willingness to upload photos and tag ourselves and our friends,Facebook and other companies have everything they need to combine our names and faces to be identified in photos and videos using facial recognition. Texas is the latest to file a class-action lawsuit against Meta (Facebook’s parent company) for allegedly collecting biometric data using the facial recognition of its users. The suit is seeking $25,000 per violation. 3 years ago, Facebook settled a similar class-action lawsuit in Illinois.Most people don’t think twice about uploading a selfie to just about any online site or app. Those free apps collect biometric data and some sell that information to other companies.Years ago, Facebook began using facial recognition, it says, to help its 3 billion users find photos of themselves. When a photo was posted, anyone that was recognized by their image, received a notification from Facebook asking if the person identified would like to tag themselves and add the photo to their own timeline.The technology could also be used to identify people in Facebook Live videos at events, though Facebook has never said it…
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