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Texas sues Meta over Facebook’s facial-recognition practices

5 min read . Updated: 15 Feb 2022, 06:33 PM IST John D. McKinnon, The Wall Street Journal

The lawsuit, filed in state district court in Marshall by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, seeks civil penalties in the hundreds of billions of dollars (Photo: Reuters) — The lawsuit, filed in state district court in Marshall by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, seeks civil penalties in the hundreds of billions of dollars **(Photo: Reuters)**

Meta, which has ended the practices at issue, says the claims are without merit

The Texas attorney general filed a suit against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. on Monday, charging that the social-media giant’s longstanding and now discontinued use of facial-recognition technology violated that state’s privacy protections for personal biometric data.

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