Facebook Agrees to $550M Settlement of Illinois Class-Action Suit Over Facial Recognition

Facebook agreed to a $550 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit in Illinois over alleged violations of that state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act triggered by the social network’s tag suggest facial-recognition feature. The settlement was reached after Facebook’s unsuccessful petition to have the Supreme Court hear the case. A spokesperson for the company said…

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