On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced, on X, a $1.4 billion settlement with social media giant Meta over that company’s gathering of biometric data.
🚨BREAKING NEWS: We have secured a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta to stop the company’s practice of capturing and using the personal biometric data of millions of Texans without the authorization required by law.
This settlement is the largest ever obtained from an action… pic.twitter.com/AkOppAGO0K
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) July 30, 2024
AG Paxton said in the announcement:
This settlement is the largest ever obtained from an action brought by a single State and the largest privacy settlement an Attorney General has ever obtained.
This serves as a warning to any companies engaged in practices that violate Texans’ privacy rights.
Further, in the attached official press release, AG Paxton…
