Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas filed a suit against the Facebook parent company Meta Platforms on Monday, claiming that the social media giant was in violation of state law for its collection of biometric data of users through facial recognition technology. “Facebook will no longer take advantage of people and their children with the intent to turn a profit at the expense of one’s safety and well-being,” Paxton said in a statement. “This is yet another example of Big Tech’s deceitful business practices and it must stop. I will continue to fight for Texans’ privacy and security.” The basis of the suit is a now-discontinued use of facial recognition technology, which allowed Facebook to recognize faces from user uploads and auto-suggest tags of one’s friends when uploading a photo. While it facilitates the smooth sharing of photos and tagging of friends, the ethicality and legality of the system has …
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