Judge Issues Largest Settlement in History Against Facebook in Huge Texas Victory – Def-Con News

In a landmark victory for state rights and consumer protection, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a monumental $1.4 billion settlement with Meta, the tech giant headed by Mark Zuckerberg.

This from thepatriotjournal.com.

Conservatives are outraged over claims that big tech companies are censoring users. Free speech has long been under attack online. But some of these social networks go even further to take advantage of their users.

In 2011, Facebook rolled out a feature that scans users’ pictures to compile biometric data for facial recognition.

While this was supposed to be an opt-in feature, one state attorney general claims Facebook activated it without users’ consent.

Well, that ran afoul of Texas law. Attorney General Ken Paxton decided to take Meta to court over it. After a two-year battle, Paxton announced the court’s…

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