Meta Will Pay $1.4 Billion To Settle Texas’ Biometric Data Privacy Lawsuit

(July 30, 2024, 1:08 PM EDT) -- MARSHALL, Texas — Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook Inc., will pay $1.4 billion to end claims by Texas that it captured and used the personal biometric data of millions of state residents, according to an agreed final judgment filed in a Texas court on July 30....