The U.S. Attorney General’s Office sued Facebook parent Meta on Monday, accusing the social media giant’s facial recognition technology of collecting data from millions of Texans without consent. Biometric data, in violation of the Texas Privacy Shield Act.
The lawsuit alleges that Facebook and Instagram, which are owned by Meta, obtained biometric information from photos and videos uploaded by users without consent, disclosed it to others, and failed to destroy it within a reasonable time.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in state district court in Marshall seeking hundreds of billions of dollars in civil fines against Meta, people familiar with the matter said.
These allegations are baseless and we will vigorously defend ourselves, Meta said in a statement. Meta said in a blog post in November that it would shut down a facial recognition system and delete more than 1 billion people. Information. It cited concerns about the use of the technology, as well as uncertainty about the rules of use.