Meta to pay Texas $1.4 billion for using facial recognition technology without users’ permission.
Meta to pay Texas $1.4 billion for using facial recognition technology without users’ permission.
Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Facebook parent company in 2022, claiming it had used personal biometric data without permission.
I like that Meta is fined for this bad practice. But why are they paying the state? How does this help anyone that was actually victim of the facial recognition?
I can see an argument based on how state funds help state residents. But it still doesn’t really feel right to me.
A real tangential thought: What if fines claimed by the state didn’t increase the states fund? What if those funds reduced the tax burden of residents from the bottom up?
73Maybe they could use the funds on the freedom grid so fewer people die this winter
23Why become a corrupt state AG if not to get people to pay you metric assloads of money?
7I'd be good with it since I don't have a FB account and so I get some benefit from them getting their PPs slapped. Because frankly, I have zero sympathy for anyone who still has a facebook account.
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This is one of the best cases of “When one of the worst cunts you know of makes a really good point.”
44i'd wager it's more about paxton trying to let zuckerberg know who's boss, and that he'd better toe the line if he wants to stay in business
the notion that ken paxton actually cares about commoners' privacy is, um...sus
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This sounds like an excellent law so it is shocking as fuck that it came out of Texas.
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From that title I thought Meta is going to pay Taxes $1.4b for the right to use facial recognition withou asking its users.
13Tomato / tomato.
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Paxton with Clarence Thomas in a private jet to Tahiti: “got ‘em!”
8Is this going to Texans or is it just going straight to the budget?
4At best it'd go towards property tax relief so the rich would benefit the most and renters get fuck nothing.
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When I read Paxton, I knew it wouldn't be good for the people
4When I read Paxton, I was pleasantly surprised.
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