Texas Attorney General Paxton Secures Historic $1.4 Billion Settlement with Facebook (Meta) Over Unauthorized Biometric Data Collection

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Tuesday that his office has secured a monumental $1.4 billion settlement with Meta, formerly known as Facebook, to halt the company’s unauthorized collection and use of the biometric data of millions of Texans.

The $1.4 billion settlement, to be paid over five years, underscores Texas’s unwavering stance on protecting the privacy rights of its citizens and sets a precedent for holding major technology companies accountable for their actions.

Attorney General Paxton’s office has been at the forefront of numerous high-profile legal battles, including antitrust lawsuits and stringent enforcement of privacy laws.

This landmark settlement is the largest ever obtained by a single state and marks the most substantial privacy settlement an Attorney General has ever achieved.

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